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# Request Approval Sync • AI Agent SDK

> request_approval_sync: Synchronous approval via Rich console prompt.

# request\_approval\_sync

Method

> This is a method of the [**ConsoleBackend**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/ConsoleBackend.md) class in the [**backends**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/backends.md) module.

Synchronous approval via Rich console prompt.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def request_approval_sync(request: ApprovalRequest, timeout: Optional[float]) -> ApprovalDecision
```

## Parameters

**request** `ApprovalRequest` *required*

No description available.

**timeout** `Optional[float]`

No description available.

### Returns

**Returns** `ApprovalDecision`

The result of the operation.

## Uses

* `ApprovalDecision`
* `logger.error`

## Used By

* [`console_approval_callback`](../functions/console_approval_callback)

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py#L296)
>
> `praisonaiagents/approval/backends.py` at line 296


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