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unlock

ark.unlock_load

Releases the connected actor’s load lock, or manager-overrides another user lock when allowed.

Availability: Expanded preview
Scopes: loads:write
ARK permissions: canAssignLoads
Team visibility: Required and enforced
Idempotency-Key: Required for this write
Approval: No MCP approval on REST API-token calls
Rate limit: API credential and organization budgets

Parameters

loadIdpathstringrequired: format: uuid
Idempotency-Keyheaderstringrequired: Required for external write operations. Reuse the same key only for exact retries of the same request body.; min length: 1; max length: 200

Request body

triggerstring

one of: manual, form_close, dispatch_complete, manager_override; default: "manual"

Example request

Shell

curl -X POST 'https://arktms.com/api/v1/loads/<loadId>/unlock' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ARK_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: <unique-key>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Success response

Load unlock result

objectstringrequired

okbooleanrequired

api_versionstringrequired

request_idstringrequired

dataobjectrequired

data.successbooleanrequired

data.messagestring | nullrequired

data.loadIdstringrequired

format: uuid

data.lockedBystring | nullrequired

format: uuid

data.lockedByNamestring | nullrequired

data.lockedAtstring | nullrequired

format: date-time

data.lockExpiresAtstring | nullrequired

format: date-time

Errors

HTTP 400: Invalid request
HTTP 401: Authentication required
HTTP 403: Permission, scope, team, or entitlement denied
HTTP 404: Resource not found
HTTP 409: Idempotency conflict or in-progress retry