---
title: "Release a held draft and send (not agent-callable)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/drafts/{id}/release-and-send"
tags: ["drafts"]
---

# Release a held draft and send (not agent-callable)

`POST /v1/drafts/{id}/release-and-send`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.replylayer.ai`
- URL: `https://api.replylayer.ai/v1/drafts/{id}/release-and-send`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `override_reason` string, nullable
  - `release_source` 'compose_inline' | 'quarantine_page', required

## Response `200`

Success

- object
  - `message_id` string, required
  - `status` 'sent' | 'blocked', required

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key (code: UNAUTHORIZED)
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not found
- `409`: Conflict
- `422`: Unprocessable entity
- `429`: Rate limited
- `500`: Internal error (code: INTERNAL_ERROR)
- `503`: Temporarily unavailable

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/replylayer/apis/replylayer-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/replylayer/apis/replylayer-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/replylayer/apis/replylayer-api/revisions/2cae6fbd127e?raw)