---
title: "Activate a version"
description: "Makes a version the one that runs (the latest unless `version` names another): its trigger is armed, and new runs use it."
canonical: "https://grid82.com/docs/app-api/my/workflows-activate"
updated: "2026-11-13"
---

# Activate a version

`POST https://your-suite.grid82.app/your-app/v1/workflows/{workflowId}/activate`

Makes a version the one that runs (the latest unless `version` names another): its trigger is armed, and new runs use it.

> **Note: Generic contract**
>
> Your own version of this operation, with your tables and the fields you can read, is in
> your app's document: `https://{suite}.grid82.app/{app}/v1/openapi.json`, behind your credential.
> [Why each person gets their own](/docs/start/studio-and-runtime#why-an-app-has-an-api-of-its-own).

Runs already started finish on the version they started on. Refused for a version that does not compile.

Requires the scopes `workflows:write`, `records:read`, `records:write`, `schema:read`. Operation `my.workflows.activate`. MCP tool `my_workflows_activate`. CLI: `grid82 my workflows activate` (`npx grid82`).

## Path parameters

| Name         | Type   | Required | Description |
| ------------ | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `workflowId` | string | yes      |             |

## Headers

| Name              | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Idempotency-Key` | string | no       | Any unique string. Sending the same key with the same request again returns the first response (marked `Idempotency-Replayed: true`) instead of running it twice. Reusing it for a different request is refused with 409. Kept for 24 hours. Up to 255 characters. |

## Request body

| Field     | Type    | Required | Description |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `version` | integer | no       | At least 1. |

**Authorizations**

- `Authorization` (bearer, in header, required)

## Response

**200**: Success

- `data` (`object`, required)
- `data.id` (`string`, required)
- `data.version` (`integer`, required)
- `data.nextRunAt` (`string,null`, required)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "version": 123,
    "nextRunAt": null
  }
}
```

**4XX**: Refused

- `error` (`object`, required)
- `error.code` (`enum<string>`, required, one of: `not_found, forbidden, unauthenticated, validation_failed, conflict, rate_limited, payment_required, not_implemented, internal`)
- `error.message` (`string`, required)
- `error.details` (`Record<string, unknown>`)

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "<string>",
    "details": {}
  }
}
```

**Example request**

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://your-suite.grid82.app/your-app/v1/workflows/<workflowId>/activate' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "version": 123
}'
```