# Accept the partner terms

> The partner_terms.accept operation: POST /api/v1/partner_terms_acceptance in the REST API and the partner_terms_accept tool in the MCP server.

Records that the organization accepts a version of Ownrecord's Partner and App Terms (`/legal/partners`), which
apply to apps the organization lists for every organization. Read the version first at
`/legal/partners/{version}`. `version` must be the version in effect or an announced newer one (see
`acceptableVersions` in `partner_terms.get`). A material change of the terms asks for acceptance again before the
next listing application.

Only a person signed in to the console can accept, with `org:write` (owners and admins). API keys, agents, apps
and OAuth clients can't, and neither can platform staff under a support-access grant. Accepting the version
already accepted changes nothing.

## At a glance

- **REST:** `POST /api/v1/partner_terms_acceptance`
- **MCP tool:** `partner_terms_accept`
- **Operation ID:** `partner_terms.accept`
- **Scope:** Organization
- **Permission:** `org:write`
- **Risk tier:** `write`
- **Dry run:** Supported (send `Ownrecord-Dry-Run: true`)
- **Idempotency:** `Idempotency-Key` required
- **Modes:** Test and live
- **Authentication:** API key with the `org:write` scope
- **Since:** M13

## Request

### Body

A JSON object (`Content-Type: application/json`):

| Field     | Type   | Required | Description |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `version` | string | Yes      |             |

## Response

`200 OK` with a JSON object:

| Field                   | Type                                                                         | Description |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `object`                | `"partner_terms_acceptance"`                                                 |             |
| `organizationId`        | `org_…` ID                                                                   |             |
| `status`                | one of `accepted`, `update_announced`, `acceptance_required`, `not_accepted` |             |
| `actionRequired`        | boolean                                                                      |             |
| `acceptedVersion`       | string or null                                                               |             |
| `acceptedAt`            | date-time or null                                                            |             |
| `acceptedBy`            | `usr_…` ID or null                                                           |             |
| `current`               | object                                                                       |             |
| `current.version`       | string                                                                       |             |
| `current.effectiveDate` | string                                                                       |             |
| `current.status`        | one of `draft`, `approved`                                                   |             |
| `current.url`           | string                                                                       |             |
| `current.versionUrl`    | string                                                                       |             |
| `upcoming`              | object or null                                                               |             |
| `acceptableVersions`    | array of string                                                              |             |

## Examples

### Accept version 1.0

```http
POST /api/v1/partner_terms_acceptance
Authorization: Bearer or_test_…
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c9a52-7d0e-4b8f-9a61-0c2d5e8b7f14
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "version": "1.0"
}
```

Response (`200`):

```json
{
  "object": "partner_terms_acceptance",
  "organizationId": "org_01m4ttwd3veh9apbewxheq5xhb",
  "status": "accepted",
  "actionRequired": false,
  "acceptedVersion": "1.0",
  "acceptedAt": "2026-10-30T08:55:00.000Z",
  "acceptedBy": "usr_01m4ttwd3veh9apbewxheq5xhf",
  "current": {
    "version": "1.0",
    "effectiveDate": "2026-10-26",
    "status": "draft",
    "url": "/legal/partners",
    "versionUrl": "/legal/partners/1.0"
  },
  "upcoming": null,
  "acceptableVersions": ["1.0"]
}
```

## Errors

| Code                                                                                                         | HTTP status | When                                                           | What to do                                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`legal_version_not_acceptable`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#legal_version_not_acceptable) | 400         | The version isn't the one in effect or an announced newer one. | Accept the version in effect, or an announced newer version. `details.acceptable` lists the versions you can accept; read them at /legal/{document}/{version}. |
| [`permission_denied`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#permission_denied)                       | 403         | You aren't an owner or admin signed in to the console.         | Ask an organization owner or admin for a role or scope that allows this action.                                                                                |
| [`validation_failed`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#validation_failed)                       | 400         | The version is missing.                                        | Fix the fields listed in `details.issues` and send the request again.                                                                                          |
| [`version_conflict`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#version_conflict)                         | 409         | The acceptance changed at the same time; retry.                | Fetch the object again and retry the change.                                                                                                                   |

It can also return these [common errors](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference.md#common-errors): [`api_version_unsupported`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#api_version_unsupported), [`invalid_json`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#invalid_json), [`unsupported_media_type`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#unsupported_media_type), [`authentication_required`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#authentication_required), [`api_key_invalid`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#api_key_invalid), [`resource_not_found`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#resource_not_found), [`idempotency_key_required`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#idempotency_key_required), [`idempotency_key_reused`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#idempotency_key_reused), [`idempotency_in_progress`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#idempotency_in_progress), [`approval_required`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#approval_required), [`approval_rejected`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#approval_rejected), [`approval_expired`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#approval_expired), [`stale_approval`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#stale_approval), [`approval_policy_denied`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#approval_policy_denied), [`rate_limited`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#rate_limited), [`internal_error`](https://ownrecord.io/docs/reference/errors.md#internal_error).