Hard-delete a single security alert

DELETE/api/public/v1/alerts/{alert_id}

Permanently removes the row. Distinct from PATCH /{id}/dismiss (soft archive). Editor+ — frontend gates with a Tier-2 `DELETE` keyword confirmation. Cross-tenant returns 404.

cURL

curl --fail-with-body -X DELETE 'https://app.openlatch.ai/api/public/v1/alerts/<alert_id>' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENLATCH_API_KEY"

Python

import json
import os
import urllib.request

request = urllib.request.Request(
    'https://app.openlatch.ai/api/public/v1/alerts/<alert_id>',
    method='DELETE',
    headers={
        'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + os.environ['OPENLATCH_API_KEY'],
    },
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(request) as response:
    text = response.read().decode()
    print(json.dumps(json.loads(text), indent=2) if text else response.status)

Bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

curl -sS --fail-with-body -X DELETE 'https://app.openlatch.ai/api/public/v1/alerts/<alert_id>' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENLATCH_API_KEY" | jq .

PowerShell

$headers = @{
  Authorization = "Bearer $env:OPENLATCH_API_KEY"
}
Invoke-RestMethod -Method DELETE -Uri 'https://app.openlatch.ai/api/public/v1/alerts/<alert_id>' -Headers $headers | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 20

Authorization

Role in the organization	This endpoint
owner	Allowed
admin	Allowed
editor	Allowed
viewer	Not allowed

A key carries the role its owner holds in the organization. See Authentication.

API key scope: alerts:write

Path parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
alert_id	string (uuid)	Required.

Header parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Idempotency-Key	string or null	Optional. Makes the request safe to retry: the same key and the same request, within 24 hours, returns the stored response with Idempotent-Replayed: true and runs once.

Response

• 204 No Content — the call succeeded.
• 401 Unauthorized — UNAUTHORIZED
• 402 Payment Required — license_expired
• 403 Forbidden — FEATURE_DISABLED, FORBIDDEN, INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE
• 404 Not Found — NOT_FOUND
• 409 Conflict — IDEMPOTENCY_IN_PROGRESS
• 422 Unprocessable Content — IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REUSED, INVALID_ID, VALIDATION_ERROR
• 429 Too Many Requests — TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
• 500 Internal Server Error — INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, tenant_isolation_violation
• 503 Service Unavailable — FEATURE_STATE_UNAVAILABLE, SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE

Related

• GET List security alerts
• PATCH Dismiss a security alert
• PATCH Mark a security alert as read