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Human.hold

POST /{namespace}/humans/{human}/hold

Hold sets aside part of a supplying Human’s earned balance against an open Dispute or an Order inside its clearance period.

Noun
Human
Mode
do
Event
Human.held

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
humanHumanrequiredThe payee.
amountmoneyrequiredThe amount to hold.
causestringrequiredThe Order or Dispute the hold cites.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
humanHumanrequiredThe payee, with the held amount recorded.

Effects

  • Emits Human.held.
  • Performed by the Billing Specialist.
  • Two-way: it runs at once, in the try, send and do modes.
  • Human.remit pays only the balance not held.

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.Human.hold

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classLow: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay windowNone: it runs once review passes.
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.