---
title: List Pending Approvals
slug: list-pending-approvals
docTags: 
createdAt: 2026-09-04T03:52:07.814Z
---

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    "name": "List Pending Approvals",
    "description": "<p>Lists an approver's outstanding approvals. Defaults to the calling user when <code>assignee</code> is omitted. Results are paged: pass the <code>nextCursor</code> from a response as <code>cursor</code> to fetch the next page. A <code>limitSize</code> above 100 is clamped rather than rejected.</p>\n<p>The response is the standard approvals envelope: <code>status</code> is <code>SUCCESS</code> or <code>FAILURE</code>, <code>data</code> carries the typed payload, and <code>warnings</code> and <code>errors</code> carry coded messages. Validation and engine failures are reported as coded errors on the envelope rather than as exceptions.</p>",
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          "kind": "optional",
          "name": "assignee",
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Salesforce User ID whose pending approvals to list. Defaults to the calling user."
        },
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          "name": "status",
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          "description": "<p>Filter by approval status, e.g. <code>Pending</code>.</p>"
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                        "name": "assignedDate",
                        "kind": "optional",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": ""
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                    "name": "isLocked",
                    "kind": "optional",
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                    "description": ""
                  },
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                      },
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                        "name": "stepStatus",
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                        "name": "approverUserId",
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                      },
                      {
                        "name": "originalApproverUserId",
                        "kind": "optional",
                        "type": "string",
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                      },
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                        "name": "reassignedFromApprovalId",
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                        "type": "string",
                        "description": ""
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                "description": "<p>A coded message returned on the envelope. Validation and engine failures are reported here rather than thrown, so a FAILURE response is still a well-formed body.</p>",
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