---
title: "Approve Guardrail Submission"
method: POST
path: "/guardrails/submissions/{guardrail_id}/approve"
tags: ["guardrails"]
---

# Approve Guardrail Submission

`POST /guardrails/submissions/{guardrail_id}/approve`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sea-lion.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.sea-lion.ai/guardrails/submissions/{guardrail_id}/approve`
- Auth: API key in header `x-litellm-api-key`

Approve a pending guardrail submission: set status to active and initialize in memory (admin only).

## Path parameters

- `guardrail_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-21** `f2fb14eab3f5`: 4 info
  - api tag `guardrails` added
  - api tag `Guardrails` removed
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/sea-lion/apis/litellm-api/changes/guardrails/submissions/:guardrail_id/approve/post.md)

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