diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.desc.xml b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.desc.xml
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+<webscript>
+  <shortname>cancel-checkout</shortname>
+  <description>Document List Action - Unlock document</description>
+  <url>/slingshot/doclib/action/unlock-document/node/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}</url>
+  <format default="json">argument</format>
+  <authentication>user</authentication>
+  <transaction>required</transaction>
+  <lifecycle>internal</lifecycle>
+</webscript>
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diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.json.ftl b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.json.ftl
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+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.json.ftl
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+<#import "action.lib.ftl" as actionLib />
+<@actionLib.resultsJSON results=results />
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diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.json.js b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.json.js
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+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/unlock-document.post.json.js
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+<import resource="classpath:/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/action/action.lib.js">
+
+/**
+ * Cancel checkout file action
+ * @method POST
+ * @param uri {string} /{siteId}/{containerId}/{filepath}
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Entrypoint required by action.lib.js
+ *
+ * @method runAction
+ * @param p_params {object} standard action parameters: nodeRef, siteId, containerId, path
+ * @return {object|null} object representation of action result
+ */
+function runAction(p_params)
+{
+   var results;
+
+   try
+   {
+      var originalDoc = p_params.destNode;
+      if (p_params.destNode.hasAspect("cm:workingcopy") && p_params.destNode.hasAspect("cm:lockable"))
+      {
+         p_params.destNode.unlock();
+      }
+
+      var resultId = originalDoc.name,
+         resultNodeRef = originalDoc.nodeRef.toString();
+
+      // Construct the result object
+      results = [
+      {
+         id: resultId,
+         nodeRef: resultNodeRef,
+         action: "unlockDocumentAsset",
+         success: true
+      }];
+   }
+   catch(e)
+   {
+      e.code = status.STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+      e.message = e.toString();
+      throw e;
+   }
+
+   return results;
+}
+
+/* Bootstrap action script */
+main();