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Release a document lock

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

Release a document lock in Dynatrace with the Document API, allowing the document owner to unlock a document they currently own.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/document/v1/documents/{id}:release-lock

Overview

You provide the document id in the path to release its lock. The operation returns a 200 response when the lock has been released, and only the user who owns the lock can perform it.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with document:documents:write scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

The request doesn't provide any configurable parameters.

Response

Response codes

CodeDescription
200

The lock on the document has been released.

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Platform APIDynatrace Platform