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# Bulk Release Shipments From Hold


POST https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold
Content-Type: application/json

Releases multiple shipments from hold in a single request. Only the merchant-initiated holds — Manual and Auto Processing Pause — are removed; operational holds (e.g. invalid address, short at pack) are never removed by this action.

**Per-shipment results:** each shipment returns its own result in `results`. A shipment moves back to processing only when no hold reasons of any kind remain after the merchant-initiated holds are removed. If the shipment stays held for operational reasons, the release still succeeds and `is_still_on_hold_due_to_other_reasons` is `true`. Releasing a shipment with nothing to release is an idempotent success. HTTP 400 is only returned when the request itself is malformed (empty `shipment_ids` or over the batch cap).


Reference: https://developer-stage.shipbob.dev/api/orders/bulk-release-shipments-from-hold

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Authentication using Personal Access Token (PAT) token
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — OAuth2 authentication using JWT tokens

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an Orders.BulkReleaseHoldRequest.

- `shipment_ids` (list of long, required) — Shipments to release from hold. Must contain at least one id.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `summary` (Orders.SummaryResponse, required) — Summary of the bulk operation results
- `results` (list of Orders.ReleaseHoldApiResponse, optional, nullable) — Per-shipment release results

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `code` (enum, optional) — Error code identifying the type of error
  - Allowed values: `INVALID_PARAMETER`, `VALIDATION_ERROR`, `DATABASE_UPDATE_ERROR`, `REPROCESSING_ERROR`, `DEALLOCATE_ERROR`, `NOT_FOUND`, `CONFLICT`
- `message` (string, optional, nullable) — Human-readable description of the error

## Types

### Orders.SummaryResponse

- `failed` (integer, optional) — Number of shipments that failed to update
- `successful` (integer, optional) — Number of shipments that were updated successfully
- `total` (integer, optional) — Total number of shipments included in the bulk operation

### Orders.ReleaseHoldApiResponse

- `error` (Orders.ErrorResponse, optional, nullable)
- `id` (long, optional) — Shipment id
- `is_still_on_hold_due_to_other_reasons` (boolean, optional) — True when the shipment remains on hold for operational (non-merchant-initiated) reasons after the manual/auto-processing-pause holds were released.
- `is_success` (boolean, optional) — Whether the release succeeded for this shipment

### Orders.ErrorResponse

- `code` (enum, optional) — Error code identifying the type of error
  - Allowed values: `INVALID_PARAMETER`, `VALIDATION_ERROR`, `DATABASE_UPDATE_ERROR`, `REPROCESSING_ERROR`, `DEALLOCATE_ERROR`, `NOT_FOUND`, `CONFLICT`
- `message` (string, optional, nullable) — Human-readable description of the error

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "shipment_ids": [
    123456,
    789012
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "summary": {
    "failed": 0,
    "successful": 2,
    "total": 2
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "error": {},
      "id": 123456,
      "is_still_on_hold_due_to_other_reasons": false,
      "is_success": true
    },
    {
      "error": {},
      "id": 789012,
      "is_still_on_hold_due_to_other_reasons": true,
      "is_success": true
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python default
import requests

url = "https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold"

payload = { "shipment_ids": [123456, 789012] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript default
const url = 'https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"shipment_ids":[123456,789012]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go default
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"shipment_ids\": [\n    123456,\n    789012\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby default
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"shipment_ids\": [\n    123456,\n    789012\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java default
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"shipment_ids\": [\n    123456,\n    789012\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php default
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold', [
  'body' => '{
  "shipment_ids": [
    123456,
    789012
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp default
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"shipment_ids\": [\n    123456,\n    789012\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift default
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["shipment_ids": [123456, 789012]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://sandbox-api.shipbob.com/2026-07/shipment:bulkReleaseHold")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```