# Renewal commands: open

URL: /code/cli/renewal/verbs · Id: `page:code/cli/renewal/verbs`

> The Renewal Verbs open as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Renewal](/business/nouns/renewal), one group of [Renewal commands](/code/cli/renewal).

### Renewal.open
Open starts the Renewal for a term Subscription before its term ends, with a usage review and any notice the legal floor requires. [Verb page](/business/nouns/renewal/open?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Renewal.open --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits [`Renewal.opened`](/business/events/Renewal.opened).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `subscription` | [Subscription](/business/nouns/subscription) | Yes | The Subscription whose term is ending. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `renewal` | [Renewal](/business/nouns/renewal) | Yes | The open Renewal. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Renewal.open --json '{"subscription":"sub_whVFaHKWIV"}'
```