---
title: "Nudge a stuck claimed relay"
method: POST
path: "/api/relay/{id}/nudge"
tags: ["Relay"]
---

# Nudge a stuck claimed relay

`POST /api/relay/{id}/nudge`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:38200`
- URL: `http://localhost:38200/api/relay/{id}/nudge`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `token`

T504. Crossing the per-tenant nudge threshold auto-releases the claim back to `open`.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Request body

- object
  - `session_id` integer
  - `reason` string

## Response `200`

Nudge result.

- object
  - `relay` Relay: The `goal_nodes` row (src/db/schema.ts), minus `embedding`. `kind='relay'` rows are also returned by the Relay endpoints below (same table) — see the `Relay` schema. `status`/`kind`/`origin`/`ownerRole` are free varchars, never enums, so a new value never needs a migration; the enum lists below are the values in current use, not a hard constraint.
    - `id` integer
    - `tenantId` integer
    - `projectId` integer, nullable
    - `parentId` integer, nullable
    - `kind` string: objective | milestone | goal | work_item | relay
    - `ownerRole` string, nullable
    - `status` string: draft | not_started | ready | in_progress | blocked | done | superseded
    - `origin` string, nullable: greenfield | leverage | migrate | unknown
    - `title` string
    - `contextId` integer, nullable
    - `verifyCmd` string, nullable
    - `evidence` string, nullable
    - `targetWeeks` integer, nullable
    - `startsAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `endsAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `size` string, nullable
    - `effortWeeks` number, nullable
    - `externalRef` object
    - `orderIndex` integer
    - `fromRole` string, nullable: Relay routing (kind='relay' only).
    - `toRole` string, nullable: Relay routing (kind='relay' only).
    - `claimedBySessionId` integer, nullable
    - `nudgeCount` integer
    - `lastNudgedAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `nudgedBySessionId` integer, nullable
    - `payload` object
    - `doneAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `archivedAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `createdAt` string, date-time
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time
    - `syncOwned` boolean: Server-only marker set exclusively by POST /api/goal/sync.
    - `objectiveRunId` string, nullable
  - `nudgeCount` integer
  - `threshold` integer
  - `released` boolean

## Other responses

- `400`: Nudge not allowed in the relay's current state.
- `401`: Missing or invalid credentials.
- `404`: Resource not found (or not visible to the caller).

---

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