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Delete a leaf snapshot

Deletes a snapshot and its provider-side artifact. Leaf-only: 409 while any other snapshot lists this one as parent_snapshot_id (every new snapshot of a VM records the previous ready snapshot as its parent). There is no soft-delete; export records do not block deletion.

DELETE/v1/snapshots/{snapshotId}
Authorization
AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired
`Authorization: Bearer <token>` — either the static master token (`ORCH_AUTH_TOKEN`) or a revocable API key issued via /v1/api-keys (API keys require Postgres; without a database only the master token is accepted). Master-only surfaces (exec, attach, API key management) refuse API keys with 403. **Authentication can be disabled entirely.** When neither `ORCH_AUTH_TOKEN` nor an API key store (`DATABASE_URL`) is configured — the default local-development posture — the bearer middleware becomes a pass-through: every operation this document marks as secured is reachable with no credentials, requests carry no principal, and master-only surfaces therefore admit everyone. Never run that configuration on a reachable network; set `ORCH_REQUIRE_AUTH=true` to make the orchestrator refuse to start without a master token.
or
fuse_sessionAPI key · cookierequired
HttpOnly session cookie set by POST /login for browser callers. Consulted only when no Authorization header is present.
Path parameters
snapshotIdstringrequired
Snapshot identifier returned by createSnapshot.
Responses
204Snapshot deleted.
404Resource does not exist. Note the distinct code `route_not_found`, returned when the URL matches no registered route at all (wrong host, port, or path prefix) rather than a known route with a missing resource.
errorobjectrequired
Show properties
codestringrequired
Stable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404) means the URL matches no route this server exposes — usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplemented
messagestringrequired
Human-readable description.
detailsobject
Optional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids, counts). Omitted when empty.
409Snapshot has children.
errorobjectrequired
Show properties
codestringrequired
Stable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404) means the URL matches no route this server exposes — usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplemented
messagestringrequired
Human-readable description.
detailsobject
Optional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids, counts). Omitted when empty.
500Unexpected server error.
errorobjectrequired
Show properties
codestringrequired
Stable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404) means the URL matches no route this server exposes — usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplemented
messagestringrequired
Human-readable description.
detailsobject
Optional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids, counts). Omitted when empty.
Request
curl -X DELETE "http://localhost:8080/v1/snapshots/string" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
Response
Snapshot deleted.