curl --request POST \
--url https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"recovery_window_days": 7
}
'import requests
url = "https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion"
payload = { "recovery_window_days": 7 }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({recovery_window_days: 7})
};
fetch('https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'recovery_window_days' => 7
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"recovery_window_days\": 7\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"recovery_window_days\": 7\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"recovery_window_days\": 7\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"key": {
"id": "3f8a1c2e-9b47-4d6a-bc11-0e2f5a7d9c41",
"crn": "crn:kms:sa-saopaulo-1:my-account:key/prod-master",
"name": "prod-master",
"tags": {
"environment": "production",
"team": "backend"
},
"key_spec": "aes-256",
"key_usage": "encrypt_decrypt",
"state": "enabled",
"created_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
"description": "Master KEK for the production data plane",
"system": true,
"deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"recovery_window_days": 18,
"scheduled_purge_at": "2026-01-22T09:30:00Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid request parameters",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Authentication required",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "ACCESS_DENIED",
"message": "You don't have permission to perform this action",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid request parameters",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"params": {
"instances": 2,
"pools": 0
}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"message": "An internal error occurred",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}Schedule key for deletion
Move the key into state=pending_deletion. Quota is released immediately so the customer can create a fresh key inside the same quota; the key material + record are hard-deleted once now() reaches scheduled_purge_at. The caller can cancel any time inside the window via cancel-deletion. recovery_window_days is an integer from 7 to 30 (default 7). Returns HTTP 409 KMS_KEY_IN_USE while resources, retained encrypted data, or an in-flight encrypted write still depend on the key.
curl --request POST \
--url https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"recovery_window_days": 7
}
'import requests
url = "https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion"
payload = { "recovery_window_days": 7 }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({recovery_window_days: 7})
};
fetch('https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'recovery_window_days' => 7
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"recovery_window_days\": 7\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"recovery_window_days\": 7\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://kms.{region}.basaltic.sh/v1/keys/{key_id}/schedule-deletion")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"recovery_window_days\": 7\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"key": {
"id": "3f8a1c2e-9b47-4d6a-bc11-0e2f5a7d9c41",
"crn": "crn:kms:sa-saopaulo-1:my-account:key/prod-master",
"name": "prod-master",
"tags": {
"environment": "production",
"team": "backend"
},
"key_spec": "aes-256",
"key_usage": "encrypt_decrypt",
"state": "enabled",
"created_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
"description": "Master KEK for the production data plane",
"system": true,
"deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"recovery_window_days": 18,
"scheduled_purge_at": "2026-01-22T09:30:00Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid request parameters",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
"message": "Authentication required",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "ACCESS_DENIED",
"message": "You don't have permission to perform this action",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_INPUT",
"message": "Invalid request parameters",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"params": {
"instances": 2,
"pools": 0
}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"message": "An internal error occurred",
"request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}
}kms:ScheduleKeyDeletion. See KMS permissions for the full list, what each one covers, and an example policy.Authorizations
An OAuth 2.0 bearer token, sent as Authorization: Bearer <token>.
This is the recommended way to authenticate.
Get one by exchanging a service account's access key pair at
POST /v1/oauth/token with grant_type=client_credentials. It is the
standard client-credentials grant, so any OAuth-aware library will
obtain and refresh it for you.
curl -s -u "$KEY_ID:$SECRET" -d grant_type=client_credentials \
https://iam.basaltic.sh/v1/oauth/token
Tokens last an hour by default. The same access key pair is separately your AWS SigV4 credential for the S3-compatible object endpoint, which speaks nothing else.
Path Parameters
"3f8a1c2e-9b47-4d6a-bc11-0e2f5a7d9c41"
Body
How long the key sits in pending_deletion before it is hard-deleted. Matches AWS KMS bounds; the deletion can be cancelled at any point inside the window.
7 <= x <= 307
Response
Updated key
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