Deletes any snapshots that are expired according to the policy's retention rules Added in 7.5.0

POST /_slm/_execute_retention

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
POST /_slm/_execute_retention 
curl \
 -X POST http://api.example.com/_slm/_execute_retention
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}