Revert the default zone to the root

DELETE/api/public/v1/zones/{zone_id}/default

409 NOT_DEFAULT when the zone is not the default. dry_run=true answers moving and writes nothing. Retiring the default zone clears the flag the same way.

cURL

curl --fail-with-body -X DELETE 'https://app.openlatch.ai/api/public/v1/zones/<zone_id>/default' \
  -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/zones/<zone_id>/default',
    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/zones/<zone_id>/default' \
  -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/zones/<zone_id>/default' -Headers $headers | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 20

Authorization

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

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

API key scope: zones:write

Path parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
zone_id	string (uuid)	Required.

Query parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
dry_run	boolean	Count the agents that would move and change nothing.

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

• 200 OK — the call succeeded.
• 401 Unauthorized — UNAUTHORIZED
• 402 Payment Required — license_expired
• 403 Forbidden — FEATURE_DISABLED, FORBIDDEN, INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE
• 404 Not Found — NOT_FOUND, ZONE_NOT_FOUND
• 409 Conflict — DEFAULT_CONFLICT, IDEMPOTENCY_IN_PROGRESS, NOT_DEFAULT
• 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

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
moving	integer	Required.

Example response

{
  "moving": 3
}

Related

• DELETE Reset an agent to automatic zone assignment
• GET What governs this agent
• PUT Assign an agent to a zone by hand