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# Refresh a work order

> Refresh a work order, re-evaluating its plan and recalculating derived data. Returns a result describing the outcome of the refresh and, when available, the updated work order.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/build.yaml post /work-orders/{workOrderId}/refresh
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Luminous API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: API documentation for Luminous
servers:
  - url: https://{companyName}.api.joinluminous.com/external/api/v1
    variables:
      companyName:
        default: companyName
        description: Your company-specific subdomain
security: []
tags:
  - name: Products
    description: Get and manage products
  - name: Pricing
    description: Manage price schedules, levels, and customizations
  - name: BOMs
    description: Manage Bills of Materials (BOMs)
  - name: Labels
    description: Label rendering via Labelary ZPL service
  - name: Companies
    description: Manage business accounts and their associated data
  - name: Contacts
    description: Manage contact information for individuals
  - name: Suppliers
    description: Manage suppliers (factories) — vendors used on purchase orders
  - name: Supplier SKUs
    description: Manage per-supplier SKU and unit-cost overrides for products
  - name: Locations
    description: Manage warehouses and locations
  - name: Inventory
    description: Get and adjust product stock levels
  - name: Lots
    description: Create, update, and delete product lots (batches)
  - name: Transfer Orders
    description: Manage transfer orders
  - name: Fulfillment Orders
    description: Manage fulfillment orders and picklists
  - name: Purchase Orders
    description: Get and modify purchase orders
  - name: Receiving Reports
    description: Manage receiving reports
  - name: Payment Obligations
    description: Manage payment obligations for purchase orders
  - name: Sales Orders
    description: Manage sales orders and sales order shipments
  - name: Purgatory
    description: >-
      Inspect and resolve non-posted sales orders in the purgatory staging
      workflow
  - name: PickFlow Shipping
    description: >-
      Provider-agnostic shipping rates, services, packages, and label purchase
      for PickFlow
  - name: Cycle Counts
    description: >-
      Create, drive, and post PickFlow cycle counts — batches, per-warehouse
      sessions, and CSV import/export
  - name: Print Stations
    description: List paired print stations and enqueue print jobs to them
  - name: Invoices
    description: Get and manage invoices
  - name: Work Orders
    description: >-
      Manage work orders — production lifecycle, steps, materials, links,
      shipments, and comments
  - name: Production Batches
    description: Group and manage work orders as production batches
  - name: Bills
    description: >-
      Accounts payable bill management, payments, attachments, allocations, and
      variance
  - name: Prepayments
    description: Manage vendor prepayments and applications
  - name: Vendor Credits
    description: Manage vendor credits and applications
  - name: Vendor Returns
    description: Manage vendor returns and credit generation
  - name: Customer Returns
    description: Manage customer returns (sales returns), receiving, and restock behavior
  - name: Stock Snapshot
    description: Point-in-time stock snapshots with export support
  - name: Consumption
    description: Consumption reports and exports
  - name: Inventory Aging
    description: Cost-layer-based inventory aging reports
  - name: Bills Reports
    description: Accounts payable bills aging reports
  - name: Forecast
    description: Materialized forecast data
  - name: Reports
    description: Close the books, inventory discrepancy, transaction COGS, and EDI reports
  - name: Tags
    description: Add/remove tags across various resources
  - name: Custom Fields
    description: Get and set custom fields across various resources
  - name: Currency
    description: Currency configuration, exchange rates, and conversion
  - name: Integration Mappings
    description: Manage integration mappings for external systems
  - name: Integration Field Mappings
    description: Manage field-level mappings between Luminous and external systems
paths:
  /work-orders/{workOrderId}/refresh:
    post:
      tags:
        - Work Orders
      summary: Refresh a work order
      description: >-
        Refresh a work order, re-evaluating its plan and recalculating derived
        data. Returns a result describing the outcome of the refresh and, when
        available, the updated work order.
      operationId: refreshWorkOrder
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: workOrderId
          required: true
          description: ID of the work order to refresh.
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      success:
                        type: boolean
                        description: Whether the refresh completed successfully.
                      message:
                        type: string
                        description: Human-readable description of the refresh outcome.
                      summary:
                        type: object
                        nullable: true
                        additionalProperties: true
                        description: Summary of changes applied during the refresh.
                      work_order:
                        nullable: true
                        allOf:
                          - type: object
                            properties:
                              id:
                                type: integer
                              work_order_number:
                                type: string
                              status:
                                type: string
                                description: >-
                                  Work order status (e.g. draft, planned,
                                  in_progress, completed, cancelled).
                              is_on_hold:
                                type: boolean
                              produced_sku_id:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                                description: >-
                                  ID of the SKU (request_for_quotes record)
                                  being produced.
                              produced_sku:
                                type: object
                                nullable: true
                                description: >-
                                  Present only when the producedSku relation is
                                  loaded.
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: integer
                                  sku:
                                    type: string
                                  description:
                                    type: string
                                    nullable: true
                              planned_qty:
                                type: number
                                description: Quantity planned to be produced.
                              completion_trigger:
                                type: string
                                nullable: true
                                description: How the work order is completed.
                                enum:
                                  - finish_step
                                  - receipt
                              expected_completion_date:
                                type: string
                                format: date
                                nullable: true
                              created_at:
                                type: string
                                format: date-time
                              updated_at:
                                type: string
                                format: date-time
                              production_warehouse_id:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                              production_warehouse:
                                type: object
                                nullable: true
                                description: >-
                                  Present only when the productionWarehouse
                                  relation is loaded.
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: integer
                                  name:
                                    type: string
                              destination_warehouse_id:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                              destination_warehouse:
                                type: object
                                nullable: true
                                description: >-
                                  Present only when the destinationWarehouse
                                  relation is loaded.
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: integer
                                  name:
                                    type: string
                              vendor_id:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                                description: Co-manufacturer (subcontract) vendor ID.
                              vendor:
                                type: object
                                nullable: true
                                description: >-
                                  Present only when the vendor relation is
                                  loaded.
                                properties:
                                  id:
                                    type: integer
                                  name:
                                    type: string
                              bom_id:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                              service_unit_price:
                                type: number
                                nullable: true
                                description: >-
                                  Per-unit service fee for subcontract
                                  production.
                              notes:
                                type: string
                                nullable: true
                              hold_reason:
                                type: string
                                nullable: true
                              cancel_reason:
                                type: string
                                nullable: true
                              held_at:
                                type: string
                                format: date-time
                                nullable: true
                              created_by:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                              updated_by:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                              held_by:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                              production_batch_id:
                                type: integer
                                nullable: true
                              steps:
                                type: array
                                description: >-
                                  Production steps. Present only when the steps
                                  relation is loaded.
                                items:
                                  type: object
                                  properties:
                                    id:
                                      type: integer
                                    work_order_id:
                                      type: integer
                                    sequence:
                                      type: integer
                                      description: >-
                                        Order of the step within the work
                                        order's routing.
                                    status:
                                      type: string
                                      description: >-
                                        Step status (e.g. pending, in_progress,
                                        completed, skipped).
                                    output_sku_id:
                                      type: integer
                                      nullable: true
                                    output_sku:
                                      type: object
                                      nullable: true
                                      description: >-
                                        Present only when the outputSku relation
                                        is loaded.
                                      properties:
                                        id:
                                          type: integer
                                        sku:
                                          type: string
                                        description:
                                          type: string
                                          nullable: true
                                    planned_qty:
                                      type: number
                                      description: >-
                                        Quantity planned to be produced by this
                                        step.
                                    completed_qty:
                                      type: number
                                      description: Quantity completed so far for this step.
                                    is_outside_processing:
                                      type: boolean
                                      description: >-
                                        Whether this step is performed by an
                                        outside (subcontract) vendor.
                                    supply_mode:
                                      type: string
                                      nullable: true
                                    vendor_id:
                                      type: integer
                                      nullable: true
                                    skipped_at:
                                      type: string
                                      format: date-time
                                      nullable: true
                                    skipped_by:
                                      type: integer
                                      nullable: true
                                    created_at:
                                      type: string
                                      format: date-time
                                    updated_at:
                                      type: string
                                      format: date-time
                              custom_fields:
                                type: object
                                nullable: true
                                description: >-
                                  Custom field key/value pairs. Present only
                                  when loaded.
                                additionalProperties: true
                              alternate_ids:
                                type: array
                                description: >-
                                  External alternate identifiers. Present only
                                  when loaded.
                                items:
                                  type: string
                              links:
                                type: object
                                description: HATEOAS links to related sub-resources.
                                properties:
                                  self:
                                    type: string
                                  steps:
                                    type: string
                                  completions:
                                    type: string
                                  production_entries:
                                    type: string
                                  status_history:
                                    type: string
                        description: The updated work order, when available.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
        '404':
          description: Work order not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
        '422':
          description: Validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Authenticate using a bearer token. To create a token, navigate to
        /settings/api-tokens and click Create API Token.

````