Retire a source
const url = 'https://example.com/v1/datasets/canonical/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0';const options = {method: 'DELETE'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request DELETE \ --url https://example.com/v1/datasets/canonical/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0Retire one source: it leaves the catalog, and its episodes leave the lake and every facet count.
A TOMBSTONE, not a purge. Nothing is erased and no storage is reclaimed —
ADR 0017 keeps physical deletion separate, and the schema agrees: pinned
DatasetVersions resolve through this source’s episode identities and must
keep resolving. pinned_versions_retained reports how many do.
Parameters
Section titled “ Parameters ”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters ”Query Parameters
Section titled “Query Parameters ”Act on this account (active)
Act on this account (active)
Header Parameters
Section titled “Header Parameters ”Responses
Section titled “ Responses ”Retired (or already retired — the call is idempotent)
Result of retiring a source.
object
False when the source was already retired; the call is idempotent
Name the source had at retirement
Episodes that left the lake with it
Source-bound dataset definitions retired alongside it
Pinned DatasetVersions that still resolve through this source. Retirement is a tombstone, so these keep working and no bytes are freed.
Example generated
{ "retired": true, "dataset_name": "example", "episodes_hidden": 1, "dataset_defs_retired": 1, "pinned_versions_retained": 1}Unknown source, or outside the caller’s account
Validation Error
object
object
object
Example generated
{ "detail": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example", "input": "example", "ctx": {} } ]}