# Recover a Settlement Request
## POST /settlements/{settlement\_id}/recover
> Used to accelerate on-chain confirmation of an Outbound Settlement transaction stuck pending in a mempool. This is only applicable to a settlement with an outbound transaction in status \`SUBMITTED\`. Only Exchange (Liquidity Provider) operators can recover a settlement and is only applicable to currencies supporting Replace by Fees (RBF) or Replace by Nonce (RBN).
```json
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transactions.","enum":["CUSTOM"]}},"required":["data","type"],"type":"object"},"EthereumFeesStrategyData":{"properties":{"gas_limit":{"description":"The gas limit for the Ethereum transaction, in the smallest currency unit.","type":"string"},"gas_price":{"description":"The gas price for the Ethereum transaction, in the smallest currency unit.","type":"string"}},"required":["gas_limit","gas_price"],"type":"object"},"EthereumEIP1559FeesStrategyData":{"properties":{"gas_limit":{"description":"The gas limit for the Ethereum transaction, in the smallest currency unit.","type":"string"},"priority_fees":{"description":"The maximum priority fee per gas for the Ethereum transaction, in the smallest currency unit.","type":"string"}},"required":["gas_limit","priority_fees"],"type":"object"},"GenericFeesStrategy":{"properties":{"data":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/GenericFeesStrategyData"}],"description":"Details of the transaction speed strategy."},"type":{"description":"The type of fee strategy based on transaction speed.","enum":["SPEED"]}},"required":["data","type"],"type":"object"},"GenericFeesStrategyData":{"properties":{"speed":{"description":"The desired speed of the transaction.","enum":["FAST","NORMAL","SLOW"],"type":"string"}},"required":["speed"],"type":"object"},"Settlement":{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"from_pledge_id":{"format":"uuid","type":"string"},"id":{"format":"uuid","type":"string"},"inbound_transaction_intent":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/InboundTransactionIntent"}],"default":null,"nullable":true},"meta":{"additionalProperties":{"nullable":true},"type":"object"},"outbound_transaction":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/OutboundTransaction"}],"default":null,"nullable":true},"repledge":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/RepledgeRequest"}],"default":null,"nullable":true},"repledge_intent":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/RepledgeIntent"}],"default":null,"nullable":true},"state":{"type":"string"}},"required":["from_pledge_id","id","meta","state"],"type":"object"},"InboundTransactionIntent":{"properties":{"amount":{"type":"integer"},"to_account_id":{"type":"integer"},"to_address":{"type":"string"}},"required":["amount","to_account_id","to_address"],"type":"object"},"OutboundTransaction":{"properties":{"request_id":{"type":"integer"},"transaction_hash":{"default":null,"nullable":true,"type":"string"},"transaction_id":{"type":"integer"}},"required":["request_id","transaction_id"],"type":"object"},"RepledgeRequest":{"properties":{"repledge_id":{"type":"integer"},"request_id":{"type":"integer"}},"required":["repledge_id","request_id"],"type":"object"},"RepledgeIntent":{"properties":{"account_name":{"type":"string"},"amount":{"type":"string"},"contract_address":{"default":null,"nullable":true,"type":"string"},"currency":{"type":"string"},"exchange_name":{"type":"string"},"pledge_subaccount_id":{"type":"integer"},"to_address":{"default":null,"nullable":true,"type":"string"},"transaction_hash":{"default":null,"nullable":true,"type":"string"}},"required":["account_name","amount","currency","exchange_name","pledge_subaccount_id"],"type":"object"},"Error":{"properties":{"message":{"type":"string"},"name":{"type":"string"},"status_code":{"type":"integer"}},"required":["message","name","status_code"],"type":"object"}}},"paths":{"/settlements/{settlement_id}/recover":{"post":{"tags":["Settlements"],"description":"Used to accelerate on-chain confirmation of an Outbound Settlement transaction stuck pending in a mempool. This is only applicable to a settlement with an outbound transaction in status `SUBMITTED`. Only Exchange (Liquidity Provider) operators can recover a settlement and is only applicable to currencies supporting Replace by Fees (RBF) or Replace by Nonce (RBN).\n","parameters":[{"name":"settlement_id","in":"path","description":"settlement's id","required":true,"schema":{"type":"integer"}}],"requestBody":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/SettlementRecoveryData"}}},"description":"Settlement recovery payload","required":true},"responses":{"200":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Settlement"}}},"description":"settlement object"},"400":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}},"description":"Settlement cannot be recovered"},"404":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}},"description":"Settlement not found"}}}}}}
```
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