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# Soft-delete metadata by FQN

> Soft-delete a metadata entity (all versions + cascade) or a single version row.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/em-runtime-utils-v2.yaml delete /utils/{resource_type}/{resource_uri}/metadata
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: em_runtime_utils
  version: 5.27.0
servers: []
security: []
paths:
  /utils/{resource_type}/{resource_uri}/metadata:
    delete:
      tags:
        - metadata
      summary: Soft-delete metadata by FQN
      description: >-
        Soft-delete a metadata entity (all versions + cascade) or a single
        version row.
      operationId: delete_metadata
      parameters:
        - name: resource_type
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Resource Type
        - name: resource_uri
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: Resource Uri
        - name: fqn
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Fully qualified name of the entity to delete
            title: Fqn
          description: Fully qualified name of the entity to delete
        - name: version
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: ^(\d+\.\d+|\*)$
            description: >-
              '*' to delete entity (all versions + cascade), or version string
              (e.g., '0.1') to delete a single version
            title: Version
          description: >-
            '*' to delete entity (all versions + cascade), or version string
            (e.g., '0.1') to delete a single version
        - name: asset_type
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssetType'
              - type: 'null'
            description: >-
              Asset type hint (for validation; not required since FQN is unique
              within tenant scope)
            title: Asset Type
          description: >-
            Asset type hint (for validation; not required since FQN is unique
            within tenant scope)
        - name: X-Project-ID
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            title: X-Project-Id
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Deleted successfully
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Bad Request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Not Found
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - HTTPBearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    AssetType:
      type: string
      enum:
        - database
        - database_schema
        - table
        - column
      title: AssetType
      description: Asset type discriminator values.
    ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorBody'
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      title: ErrorResponse
      description: Standard error response model.
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ErrorBody:
      properties:
        code:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorCode'
        message:
          type: string
          title: Message
        details:
          additionalProperties: true
          type: object
          title: Details
        request_id:
          type: string
          title: Request Id
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          title: Timestamp
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - request_id
        - timestamp
      title: ErrorBody
      description: Error body with structured details.
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
    ErrorCode:
      type: string
      enum:
        - INVALID_REQUEST
        - INVALID_TOKEN
        - INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS
        - RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
        - RESOURCE_ALREADY_EXISTS
        - VALIDATION_ERROR
        - RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
        - SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
        - INTERNAL_ERROR
      title: ErrorCode
      description: Standard error codes for API responses.
  securitySchemes:
    HTTPBearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````