# Risk.accepted

URL: /business/events/Risk.accepted · Id: `event:Risk.accepted`

> Emitted each time a Risk is accepted.

[Risk.accept](/business/nouns/risk/accept) emits `Risk.accepted` when it completes on a [Risk](/business/nouns/risk).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Risk.accept](/business/nouns/risk/accept) |
| Noun | [Risk](/business/nouns/risk) |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Risk.accept](/business/nouns/risk/accept) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Risk.accepted`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.risk` | [Risk](/business/nouns/risk) | Yes | The accepted Risk. |
| `data.risk.scope` | `string` | Yes | Whose Risk it is: `startup` or `portfolio`, for exposure shared across siblings. |
| `data.risk.likelihood` | `integer` | Yes | How likely it is within a year, from 1 (rare) to 5 (expected). |
| `data.risk.impact` | `integer` | Yes | How much harm it does if it happens, from 1 (minor) to 5 (ends the Startup). |
| `data.risk.treatment` | `string` | No | The chosen response: `treat`, `accept`, `transfer`, or `avoid`. |
| `data.risk.owner` | [Role](/business/nouns/role) | Yes | The Role that owns the Risk and its next review. |
| `data.risk.status` | `string` | Yes | `open`, `treated`, `accepted`, or `closed`. A closed Risk is kept forever. |
| `data.risk.reviewBy` | `date` | No | When the owner next scores it again. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Risk.accepted",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "risk": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/risks/risk_1",
      "$type": "Risk",
      "scope": "Example scope",
      "likelihood": 1,
      "impact": 1,
      "treatment": "treat",
      "owner": "role_1",
      "status": "open",
      "reviewBy": "2026-10-22"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```