---
title: "appeal"
description: "Appeal a transaction by its hash"
source: https://docs.genlayer.com/api-references/genlayer-cli/transactions/appeal
last_updated: 2026-03-27
---

# appeal

Appeal a transaction by its hash

### Usage

`$ genlayer appeal [options] <txId>`

### Arguments

- `<txId>`

### Options

| Short | Long | Description | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | :---: | --- |
|  | --bond &lt;amount&gt; | Appeal bond amount (e.g. 500gen, 0.5gen). Auto-calculated if omitted | No |  |
|  | --rpc &lt;rpcUrl&gt; | RPC URL for the network | No |  |
| -h | --help | display help for command | No |  |