---
title: "Publish, pause, resume or archive one Hive sequence. Publishing locks the reviewed draft for later enrollment. Resuming allows remaining messages to eligible enrolled people. Your AI asks first and, with Hive approvals on, Hive asks again inside Hive."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/set_sequence_status"
---

# Publish, pause, resume or archive one Hive sequence. Publishing locks the reviewed draft for later enrollment. Resuming allows remaining messages to eligible enrolled people. Your AI asks first and, with Hive approvals on, Hive asks again inside Hive.

`POST /api/v1/tools/set_sequence_status`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://hivepublish.com`
- URL: `https://hivepublish.com/api/v1/tools/set_sequence_status`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

This reaches real people, so the person is asked before it runs. Their own AI client asks them. When the connection was made with Hive approvals switched on, the first call returns a single-use Hive approval link instead of acting, and the exact request is repeated with approvalToken and an Idempotency-Key once they approve it inside Hive.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- object
  - `sequenceId` string, required: The Hive sequence to change.
  - `expectedRevision` integer, required: The exact revision returned by read_sequence that the person reviewed.
  - `action` 'publish' | 'pause' | 'resume' | 'archive', required: What to do with it.
  - `approvalToken` string: Single-use token returned by Hive after the owner approves this exact action.

## Response `200`

Tool result or approval challenge

- union
  - ToolResult
    - `data` unknown, required
    - `meta` object, required
      - `tool` string
      - `workspaceId` string, uuid
  - ApprovalChallengeResponse
    - `data` ApprovalChallenge, required
      - `confirmationRequired` unknown, required
      - `challengeId` string, uuid, required
      - `approvalToken` string, required: Secret, single-use token. Retry only after the human approves approvalUrl.
      - `approvalUrl` string, uri, required
      - `expiresAt` string, date-time, required
      - `warning` string
    - `meta` object, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input
- `401`: Missing or invalid credential
- `403`: Missing workspace scope, role permission, or plan entitlement
- `409`: Idempotency conflict, replay, or request still in progress
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/hivepublish/apis/hive-developer-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/hivepublish/apis/hive-developer-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/hivepublish/apis/hive-developer-api/revisions/b440c763583e?raw)