---
title: "[DEV ONLY] Activate a test employee's employment"
method: POST
path: "/v1/employees/{employeeId}/dev-activate"
tags: ["Dev Support"]
---

# [DEV ONLY] Activate a test employee's employment

`POST /v1/employees/{employeeId}/dev-activate`

**For dev testing purposes only. Not intended for production use.**

Activates a test employee's employment by transitioning it from ONBOARDING to ACTIVE status.
This endpoint only works for test employments (isTest = true). Attempting to activate a
non-test employment will return a 400 Bad Request.

The employee must have completed all onboarding steps before this call succeeds.
This operation is idempotent with respect to side-effects and status — calling
it on an already-ACTIVE employment is a no-op.

## Path parameters

- `employeeId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Employment successfully activated

- V1EmployeesEmployeeIdDevActivatePostResponse
  - `employeeId` string, uuid, required — Unique identifier for the employee (employment publicId)
  - `status` 'ACTIVE', required — The resulting employment status after activation
  - `activatedOn` string, date-time, required — ISO 8601 timestamp of when the employment was activated

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request parameters
- `401` — Authentication required
- `403` — Forbidden - insufficient permissions
- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — Conflict - resource already exists or state conflict
- `422` — Unprocessable entity - validation error
- `500` — Internal server error
- `503` — Service unavailable - upstream dependency error

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