---
title: "Switch supervisor role"
method: POST
path: "/calls/{call_control_id}/actions/switch_supervisor_role"
tags: ["Call Commands"]
---

# Switch supervisor role

`POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/switch_supervisor_role`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2`
- URL: `https://api.telnyx.com/v2/calls/{call_control_id}/actions/switch_supervisor_role`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Switch the supervisor role for a bridged call. This allows switching between different supervisor modes during an active call

## Path parameters

- `call_control_id` string, required

## Request body

- SwitchSupervisorRoleRequest
  - `role` 'barge' | 'whisper' | 'monitor', required: The supervisor role to switch to. 'barge' allows speaking to both parties, 'whisper' allows speaking to caller only, 'monitor' allows listening only.

## Response `200`

Successful response upon making a call control command.

- object
  - `data` CallControlCommandResult
    - `result` string

## Other responses

- `422`: Unprocessable entity. The request was well-formed but could not be processed due to semantic errors. This includes validation errors, invalid parameter values, call state errors, conference errors, queue errors, recording/transcription errors, and business logic violations.
- `default`: Unexpected error

## Changes

> 152 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-08-17** `1571b0380bd7`: 3 breaking
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `default`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from `object` to no type for status `default`
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `integer` to `string`, and format from `int32` to `integer` for status `default`
- **2026-08-04** `8f5f4e537994`: 4 breaking
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `default`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from no type to `object` for status `default`
  - the `errors/items/code` response's property type changed from `string` to `integer`, and format from `integer` to `int32` for status `default`
  - the `errors/items/source/pointer` response's property format changed from `json-pointer` to no format for status `default`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/team-telnyx/apis/telnyx-api-2/changes/calls/:call_control_id/actions/switch_supervisor_role/post.md)

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