# entropy.rip Distributed Mutex Lock Acquire

> entropy.rip Distributed Mutex Lock Acquire is a paid API for AI agents from entropy.rip, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Acquires a distributed mutex lock on a named resource with a configurable TTL for coordinating concurrent AI agent access

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://entropy.rip/api/gate/acquire
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/entropy-rip-distributed-mutex-lock-acquire-2dcae980
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BqPYCAaoT23zVu_pStbgj

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability entropy-rip-distributed-mutex-lock-acquire-2dcae980 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Lock the resource named 'job-processor-queue' for exclusive access for 30 seconds so no other agent can run it simultaneously.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when multiple autonomous AI agents or processes may concurrently attempt to access or mutate a shared resource and you need a lightweight, pay-per-use distributed mutex without standing up your own locking infrastructure. Ideal for agent orchestration scenarios where exactly-once execution matters.

## Known failure modes

- Lock already held by another process — returns conflict or failure status
- Invalid or missing resource name — returns 400-level error
- TTL value out of acceptable range — returns validation error
- Payment failure (x402) — lock not acquired
- Network timeout — lock state unknown, agent should retry cautiously

## How this service works

Acquire a distributed mutex lock for resource coordination

## Output

Returns a lock acquisition result indicating whether the mutex was successfully acquired, along with a lock token or identifier and the expiration timestamp based on the requested TTL.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "resource": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "resource"
  },
  "ttl_seconds": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Time to live in seconds"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "lock_id": "lock_xyz...",
  "success": true,
  "expires_at": "2026-07-14T10:00:30Z"
 }
}
```

## More

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