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# Expire Approvals

> Expire stale approvals past their TTL

Triggers the approval expiry worker to expire stale approvals. This is also run automatically by the background worker when `AXON_APPROVAL_EXPIRY_WORKER_ENABLED=true`.

## Authentication

Static operator key only.

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AXON_DECISION_API_KEY" \
  "http://127.0.0.1:3030/v1/approvals/expire"
```

## Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "expired": 3
}
```


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