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# Get contact protection status

> Returns whether the caller is currently blocked from this contact by the organization's contactProtectionPeriod. Admins, owners, and assigned reps bypass protection.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml get /api/contacts/{id}/protection-status
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Tether Relay and Tether API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Route-derived OpenAPI contract generated from tether-relay backend sources.
    Regenerate with scripts/sync-openapi-from-backend.mjs.
servers:
  - url: https://your-instance.example.com
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:2212
    description: Local API service
security: []
tags:
  - name: AI
  - name: Applications
  - name: Approval
  - name: Auth
  - name: Automations
  - name: Calls
  - name: Campaigns
  - name: Contact Analytics
  - name: Contact Metrics
  - name: Contact Notes
  - name: Contacts
  - name: Conversation Monitor
  - name: Conversations
  - name: Departments
  - name: Email
  - name: Escalation Dashboard
  - name: Event Logs
  - name: Google Sheets
  - name: Marketplace
  - name: Messages
  - name: Notification Sounds
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Org Snapshots
  - name: Organizations
  - name: Outreach
  - name: Outreach Metrics
  - name: Outreach Sources
  - name: Pipelines
  - name: Processes
  - name: Prompts
  - name: Reminders
  - name: Sms
  - name: Templates
  - name: Traces
  - name: Training
  - name: Upload
  - name: User Snapshots
  - name: Users
  - name: Vertical
  - name: Webchats
  - name: Webhook
paths:
  /api/contacts/{id}/protection-status:
    get:
      tags:
        - Contacts
      summary: Get contact protection status
      description: >-
        Returns whether the caller is currently blocked from this contact by the
        organization's contactProtectionPeriod. Admins, owners, and assigned
        reps bypass protection.
      operationId: get_contact_protection_status
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: id
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Protection status returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactProtectionStatusResponse'
        '404':
          description: Contact not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LegacyErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LegacyErrorResponse'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    ContactProtectionStatusResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          enum:
            - true
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            isProtected:
              type: boolean
            protectedUntil:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            ownerName:
              type: string
            ownerLastMessageAt:
              type: string
              format: date-time
          required:
            - isProtected
          additionalProperties: true
      required:
        - success
        - data
      additionalProperties: true
      example:
        success: true
        data:
          isProtected: true
          protectedUntil: '2026-05-22T09:12:00.000Z'
          ownerName: Alex Rep
          ownerLastMessageAt: '2026-05-15T09:12:00.000Z'
    LegacyErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        data: {}
      additionalProperties: true
      example:
        error: Attachment not found
        message: Attachment not found
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````