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# Release a hold

> Releases a hold early so its capacity is offered again.

DELETE`https://api.maple.inc/v1/booking_holds/{holdId}`API key

Releases a hold early so its capacity is offered again. Idempotent: releasing a hold that already expired or was released succeeds; a hold already consumed by a booking answers 409 `hold_consumed`. Unknown holds and holds owned by another app return 404. Provider-managed locations cannot release early: the call succeeds without changing the lock or quota usage; expiry or consumption frees it. Requires `bookings:write`.

## Authorization

Send your API key as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`: `mpk_test_…` against the sandbox (`https://api.staging.maple.inc/v1`), `mpk_live_…` against production. See [Authentication](https://docs.maple.inc/developer-api/concepts/authentication.md). The samples read the key from `MAPLE_KEY` and the base URL from `MAPLE_BASE`, as set up in the [Quickstart](https://docs.maple.inc/developer-api/quickstart.md).

## Parameters

- `holdId` string path required

## Responses

### 200 OK

- `object` string required

  Always `booking_hold.released`.

- `id` string required

- `released` boolean required

  Always `true`.

### Errors

- `400` Bad request DeveloperApiBadRequest

- `401` Unauthorized DeveloperApiUnauthorized

- `403` Forbidden DeveloperApiForbidden

- `404` Not found DeveloperApiNotFound

- `409` Conflict DeveloperApiConflict

- `422` Unprocessable DeveloperApiUnprocessable

- `429` Too many requests DeveloperApiRateLimited

Every error body names the error in `_tag`, explains it in `message`, and says where to report it in `feedback`. See [Errors](https://docs.maple.inc/developer-api/concepts/errors.md).

A `429` also sends `Retry-After`: Seconds to wait before retrying; also returned as retry\_after in the body.

Release a hold

```sh
curl -X DELETE "$MAPLE_BASE/booking_holds/HOLD_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAPLE_KEY"
```

```python
import os
import requests


r = requests.delete(
    f"{os.environ['MAPLE_BASE']}/booking_holds/HOLD_ID",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MAPLE_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```

```js
const res = await fetch(`${process.env.MAPLE_BASE}/booking_holds/HOLD_ID`, {
  method: "DELETE",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MAPLE_KEY}`,
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());
```

```json
{
  "object": "booking_hold.released",
  "id": "string",
  "released": true
}
```

```json
{
  "_tag": "DeveloperApiBadRequest",
  "code": "string",
  "message": "string",
  "feedback": "string"
}
```