---
title: "Keep an answer back while its Undo is paused"
method: POST
path: "/v1/cards/{id}/hold"
tags: ["cards"]
---

# Keep an answer back while its Undo is paused

`POST /v1/cards/{id}/hold`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.pendingyou.com`
- URL: `https://www.pendingyou.com/v1/cards/{id}/hold`
- Auth: OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://www.pendingyou.com/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://www.pendingyou.com/oauth/token`, scopes: `cards:manage`)

Its assistant sees it `seconds` from now instead: a minute ahead while the person keeps the Undo paused, asked again as it stays paused, then the time it had left. Pending You’s own apps only (cards:manage).

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Headers

- `Pending-You-Version` '2026-10-05'
- `Pending-You-Client` string
- `DPoP` string
- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- HoldRequest
  - `seconds` integer, required: From now: a minute ahead while the Undo is paused (asked again as it stays paused), or the time it has left once it resumes.

## Response `200`

Keep an answer back while its Undo is paused

- HoldResponse
  - `id` string, required
  - `undoUntil` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: invalid
- `401`: invalid_token, invalid_dpop_proof or use_dpop_nonce (OAuth, with WWW-Authenticate)
- `403`: app_not_available; forbidden; insufficient_scope (OAuth, with WWW-Authenticate naming the scope)
- `404`: not_found
- `409`: not_waiting; hold_over; conflict; idempotency_in_progress
- `422`: idempotency_mismatch
- `426`: client_outdated
- `429`: rate_limited
- `500`: server_error
- `503`: unavailable

---

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