# entries.retryStep

Restart a supported processing step for one transaction using its current revision and an idempotency key. Inspect the activity before choosing only_step or from_here; unsupported modes, protected human decisions, closed periods, and stale revisions are rejected. Review restarts require an administrator.

`POST /api/v1/accounting/entries.retryStep`

Permissions: `accounting:read`, `accounting:write` · Roles: admin, finance · Idempotency key required · Send `expectedRevision`

MCP tool: `accounting_entries_retry_step`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `entryId` | string (ID) | Yes | The ID of an accounting entry, from entries.list or attention.mine. |
| `expectedRevision` | integer | Yes | The record's current revision, from the last time you read it. If someone changed the record since, the request is refused with a conflict so you can reload and check before trying again. at most 9007199254740991; greater than 0. |
| `step` | enum | Yes | One of: `vendor_context`, `classifier`, `matching`, `receipt_read`, `review`. |
| `mode` | enum | Yes | One of: `only_step`, `from_here`. |
| `idempotencyKey` | string | Yes | Any unique text you generate once per intended change, so a retried request only happens once. Send it as the Idempotency-Key header instead if you prefer; if you send both they must match. 8–200 characters. |

## Example request

```bash
curl https://app.getoatmilk.com/api/v1/accounting/entries.retryStep \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OATMILK_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "entryId": "7f0f6c1e-1c1f-4b5e-9c8d-2f5e8e3c1a10",
  "expectedRevision": 3,
  "step": "vendor_context",
  "mode": "only_step"
}'
```

Reference page: https://app.getoatmilk.com/docs/api/entries.retryStep