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Erase a job

POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/jobs/{job_id}/erase

Erases a specified job in a project. This removes job artifacts and the job log.

Authorizations

Section titled “ Authorizations ”

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
job_id
required
integer

The ID of a build

Example 
88
id
required
One of:
string

The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

Example 
1

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “ 201 ”

Created

Media type application/json
object
id
integer format: int64
status
string
stage
string
name
string
ref
string
tag
boolean
coverage
number format: float
allow_failure
boolean
created_at
string format: date-time
started_at
string format: date-time
finished_at
string format: date-time
erased_at
string format: date-time
duration

Time spent running

number format: float
queued_duration

Time spent enqueued

number format: float
user
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
created_at
string
bio
string
location
string
linkedin
string
twitter
string
discord
string
website_url
string
github
string
job_title
string
pronouns
string
organization
string
bot
boolean
work_information
string
followers
string
following
string
is_followed
string
local_time
string
commit
object
id
string
short_id
string
created_at
string format: date-time
parent_ids
Array<string>
title
string
message
string
author_name
string
author_email
string
authored_date
string format: date-time
committer_name
string
committer_email
string
committed_date
string format: date-time
trailers
object
extended_trailers
object
web_url
string
pipeline
object
id
integer format: int64
iid
integer
project_id
integer format: int64
sha
string
ref
string
status
string
source
string
created_at
string format: date-time
updated_at
string format: date-time
web_url
string
failure_reason
string
web_url
string
project
string
artifacts_file
object
filename
string
size
integer
artifacts
Array<object>
object
file_type
string
size
integer
filename
string
file_format
string
runner
object
id
integer format: int64
description
string
ip_address
string
active
boolean
paused
boolean
is_shared
boolean
runner_type
string
name
string
online
boolean
created_by
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
created_at
string format: date-time
status
string
job_execution_status
string
runner_manager
object
id
integer format: int64
system_id
string
version
string
revision
string
platform
string
architecture
string
created_at
string
contacted_at
string
ip_address
string
status
string
job_execution_status
string
artifacts_expire_at
string format: date-time
archived
boolean
tag_list
Array<string>
Example 
{
  "id": 1,
  "status": "waiting_for_resource",
  "stage": "deploy",
  "name": "deploy_to_production",
  "ref": "main",
  "coverage": 98.29,
  "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.880Z",
  "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:30.733Z",
  "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:31.198Z",
  "erased_at": "2015-12-24T18:00:29.728Z",
  "duration": 0.465,
  "queued_duration": 0.123,
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "public_email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
    "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
    "custom_attributes": [
      {
        "key": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      }
    ],
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "commit": {
    "id": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
    "short_id": "2695effb",
    "created_at": "2017-07-26T11:08:53.000+02:00",
    "parent_ids": [
      "2a4b78934375d7f53875269ffd4f45fd83a84ebe"
    ],
    "title": "Initial commit",
    "message": "Initial commit",
    "author_name": "John Smith",
    "author_email": "john@example.com",
    "authored_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
    "committer_name": "Jack Smith",
    "committer_email": "jack@example.com",
    "committed_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
    "trailers": {
      "Merged-By": "Jane Doe janedoe@gitlab.com"
    },
    "extended_trailers": {
      "Signed-off-by": [
        "John Doe <johndoe@gitlab.com>",
        "Jane Doe <janedoe@gitlab.com>"
      ]
    },
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/-/commit/ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746"
  },
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 1,
    "iid": 2,
    "project_id": 3,
    "sha": "0ec9e58fdfca6cdd6652c083c9edb53abc0bad52",
    "ref": "feature-branch",
    "status": "success",
    "source": "push",
    "created_at": "2022-10-21T16:49:48.000+02:00",
    "updated_at": "2022-10-21T16:49:48.000+02:00",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/pipelines/61"
  },
  "failure_reason": "script_failure",
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/1",
  "artifacts_file": {
    "filename": "artifacts.zip",
    "size": 1000
  },
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "file_type": "archive",
      "size": 1000,
      "filename": "artifacts.zip",
      "file_format": "zip"
    }
  ],
  "runner": {
    "id": 8,
    "description": "test-1-20150125",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "active": true,
    "paused": false,
    "is_shared": true,
    "runner_type": "instance_type",
    "name": "test",
    "online": true,
    "created_by": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "admin",
      "public_email": "john@example.com",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
      "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
      "custom_attributes": [
        {
          "key": "foo",
          "value": "bar"
        }
      ],
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2025-05-03T00:00:00.000Z",
    "status": "online",
    "job_execution_status": "idle"
  },
  "runner_manager": {
    "id": 8,
    "system_id": "runner-1",
    "version": "16.11.0",
    "revision": "91a27b2a",
    "platform": "linux",
    "architecture": "amd64",
    "created_at": "2023-10-24T01:27:06.549Z",
    "contacted_at": "2023-10-24T01:27:06.549Z",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "status": "online",
    "job_execution_status": "idle"
  },
  "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-19T09:05:50.355Z",
  "archived": false,
  "tag_list": [
    "ubuntu18",
    "docker runner"
  ]
}

400

Section titled “ 400 ”

Bad Request

401

Section titled “ 401 ”

Unauthorized

403

Section titled “ 403 ”

Forbidden

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Not found

409

Section titled “ 409 ”

Conflict