---
title: "Contributor: drop a prepared proposal whose push failed or had nothing to send"
method: POST
path: "/v1/cloud/apps/changes/{request_id}/abandon"
tags: ["v1", "Cloud Infrastructure"]
---

# Contributor: drop a prepared proposal whose push failed or had nothing to send

`POST /v1/cloud/apps/changes/{request_id}/abandon`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://memory.papr.ai`
- URL: `https://memory.papr.ai/v1/cloud/apps/changes/{request_id}/abandon`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/papr-ai/apis/papr-memory-api/docs/v1/cloud/apps/changes/:request_id/abandon/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `request_id` string, required

## Request body

- AppChangeRequestAbandon
  - `external_user_id` string, nullable: Parse _User.objectId of the acting user (desktop OAuth). Used for ownership-scoped cloud operations instead of the API key user.
  - `reason` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- AppChangeRequestInfo
  - `id` string, required
  - `sourceAppId` string, required
  - `sourceNamespaceId` string, required
  - `sourceSlug` string, required
  - `installedAppId` string, required
  - `contributorUserId` string, required
  - `title` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `status` 'preparing' | 'pending' | 'approved' | 'rejected' | 'superseded' | 'abandoned', required
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `resolvedAt` string, nullable
  - `lineageId` string, nullable
  - `branch` string, nullable
  - `headSha` string, nullable
  - `prUrl` string, nullable
  - `prNumber` integer, nullable
  - `stagedPaths` string[], nullable
  - `mergeState` string, nullable
  - `mergeCheckedAt` string, nullable
  - `supersededBy` string, nullable
  - `mergedManually` boolean, nullable
  - `mergedCommitSha` string, nullable
  - `resolvedBy` string, nullable
  - `publishedDirectly` boolean, nullable
  - `databasePublished` boolean, nullable
  - `publishNote` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-11-02** `3f6e7de0898b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/papr-ai/apis/papr-memory-api/changes/v1/cloud/apps/changes/:request_id/abandon/post.md)

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