---
title: "Recover a lost scoped update token"
method: POST
path: "/me/temps/{tempId}/update-token"
tags: ["Accounts"]
---

# Recover a lost scoped update token

`POST /me/temps/{tempId}/update-token`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.temp.md`
- URL: `https://api.temp.md/me/temps/{tempId}/update-token`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/temp-md/apis/temp-md-public-api/docs/me/temps/:tempId/update-token/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Atomically invalidates every prior update token and returns one replacement exactly once.

## Path parameters

- `tempId` string, required

## Response `200`

Replacement credential and Temp state

- object
  - `tempId` string, required
  - `canonicalUrl` string, uri, required
  - `updateToken` string, required
  - `status` 'drafting' | 'active' | 'cooling' | 'expired', required
  - `expiresAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `spaMode` boolean, required
  - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Authentication required or invalid
- `403`: Credential lacks access
- `404`: Resource not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/temp-md/apis/temp-md-public-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/temp-md/apis/temp-md-public-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/temp-md/apis/temp-md-public-api/revisions/4753682e1e3a?raw)