# Revoke role assignment

Source: https://business-api-docs.youhodler.com/docs/api/reference/role-assignments/role-assignments-revoke

## Request

**Request URL — POST**
```http
POST /role-assignments/{role_assignment_id}/revoke
```

**Request Body — application/json**
```json
{
  "reason": null
}
```

## Responses

**201 Resource created successfully**

Resource created successfully.

```json
{
  "created_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z",
  "etag": "W/\"a1b2c3d4\"",
  "id": "b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
  "principal_ref": "users/b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
  "resource": "role_assignment",
  "role_ref": "roles/b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
  "scope_anchor_kind": "explicit",
  "scope_propagation": "subtree",
  "scope_ref": "enterprises/b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
  "status": "active",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z"
}
```

**400 Invalid request payload**

Invalid request payload, query, or parameter shape.

```json
{
  "code": "invalid_request",
  "details": {
    "reason": "missing_required_field"
  },
  "message": "The request is invalid."
}
```

**401 Caller is not authenticated or the bearer token is invalid**

Caller is not authenticated or the bearer token is invalid.

```json
{
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Authentication required."
}
```

**403 Caller lacks the required capability or permitted scope**

Caller lacks the required capability or permitted scope.

```json
{
  "code": "forbidden_capability_scope",
  "details": {
    "reason": "missing_capability"
  },
  "message": "The principal does not have the required capability."
}
```

**404 Resource not found**

Resource not found.

```json
{
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "details": {
    "reason": "role_not_found"
  },
  "message": "The requested role assignment was not found."
}
```

**409 State conflict — the request cannot be applied to the current resource state**

State conflict — the request cannot be applied to the current resource state.

```json
{
  "code": "idempotency_conflict",
  "details": {
    "reason": "request_payload_mismatch"
  },
  "message": "An earlier request used this idempotency key with a different payload."
}
```

**422 Operation is not admissible — it violates a business rule**

Operation is not admissible — it violates a business rule, policy constraint, or lifecycle precondition specific to this resource.

```json
{
  "code": "not_admissible",
  "details": {
    "reason": "not_admissible"
  },
  "message": "The operation is not admissible in the current state."
}
```

**429 Request rate limit exceeded**

Request rate limit exceeded. Retry after the delay indicated in the `details.retry_after_ms` field.

```json
{
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "details": {
    "reason": "rate_limited",
    "retry_after_ms": 5000
  },
  "message": "Too many requests. Please retry after the indicated delay."
}
```

**502 Upstream service returned an unexpected error**

Upstream service returned an unexpected error.

```json
{
  "code": "upstream_error",
  "message": "An upstream service returned an unexpected error."
}
```

**503 Service is temporarily unavailable**

Service is temporarily unavailable; retry with backoff.

```json
{
  "code": "temporarily_unavailable",
  "details": {
    "reason": "idempotency_in_progress"
  },
  "message": "The service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry later."
}
```

**Related endpoints:**

- `GET` [List role assignments](/docs/api/reference/role-assignments/role-assignments-list) — List remaining assignments
- `GET` [Get role assignment](/docs/api/reference/role-assignments/role-assignments-get) — Read current state before revoking