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Contact.merge

POST /{namespace}/contacts/{contact}/merge

Merge joins a duplicate Contact into another, keeping every link, Message and Event on the one that remains.

Mode
do
Event
Contact.merged

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
contactContactrequiredThe duplicate.
intoContactrequiredThe Contact that remains.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
contactContactrequiredThe remaining Contact.

Effects

  • Emits Contact.merged.
  • Performed by the Sales Lead.
  • One-way: it waits out its delay window, and runs in the send and do modes.
  • Keeps the merged id as an alias; nothing is deleted.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.Contact.merge

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classMedium: one-way, bounded
Delay window1 business hour, in which a watcher can pause, redirect or cancel it; then it runs.
LimitThe call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the LimitIt waits pending for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends refused with limit-exceeded; unanswered by its deadline, it ends canceled.