---
title: "Decline proposals"
method: POST
path: "/proposals/decline"
tags: ["proposals"]
---

# Decline proposals

`POST /proposals/decline`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://catalyst.stratogenic.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://catalyst.stratogenic.ai/proposals/decline`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Declines one or more proposal ids without applying them to the live flow_cycle.

Declines are recorded for auditability and emit proposal.declined for outbound automation.

## Headers

- `X-User-Id` string, nullable
- `X-Source-App` string, nullable
- `X-Touched-By-Tool` string, nullable
- `X-Touched-By-User` string, nullable
- `X-Touched-By-Agent` string, nullable
- `X-External-User-Id` string, nullable
- `X-Run-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- string[]: Idempotency keys to decline

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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