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# `order.return.approve`

Approve a return — issues the instructions the shopper sees (snapshotted as evidence).

- **scope**: `orders:write`
- **storefront-visible** (bumps the catalog generation): no
- **destructive**: no

## Payload

| field | type | required | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `returnId` | string (/^ret_[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,32}$/) | yes |  |
| `instructions` | object | yes |  |
| `  address` | string (≤300 chars) | yes |  |
| `  carrierName` | string (≤60 chars) | no |  |
| `  costBearer` | "merchant" \| "consumer" | yes |  |
| `  costKurus` | integer (0..10000000000000) | no |  |
| `  note` | string (≤500 chars) | no |  |

### JSON Schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "returnId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^ret_[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,32}$"
    },
    "instructions": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "address": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 300
        },
        "carrierName": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 60
        },
        "costBearer": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "merchant",
            "consumer"
          ]
        },
        "costKurus": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 0,
          "maximum": 10000000000000
        },
        "note": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 500
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "address",
        "costBearer"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "returnId",
    "instructions"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```