> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.closient.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bulk-delete Critical Tracking Events

> Delete every FSMA 204 Critical Tracking Event of the organization that matches the filter. At least one of `before`, `lot_id` or `event_type` is required (422 otherwise); several narrow the match together. A filter matching more than {BULK_DELETE_MAX_MATCHES} events is refused with 422 and deletes nothing; narrow it (an earlier `before`, one lot) and call again. Records past their retention window are deleted; records still inside it are listed under `skipped` with the date each becomes deletable, and the call still returns 200. One audit entry records the filter and both counts. Requires the delete-traceability-records permission: an Owner, or a Manager-role API key that an Owner granted it to on the key management screen. An ordinary write key or a read-only key is refused with 403; a caller who cannot see the organization gets 404.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/openapi-compliance.json delete /compliance/api/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/critical-tracking-events
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Compliance API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Product safety and compliance data: recalls, hazards, and remedies; and an
    organization's FSMA 204 settings and record-retention minimums.


    ## Authentication


    All endpoints require an API key passed via the `X-API-Key` HTTP header,
    unless otherwise noted.


    ```

    X-API-Key: csb_<body>_<checksum>

    ```


    Generate API keys in **Settings > API Keys** in your dashboard, or via the
    Account API.

    Session-based (cookie) authentication is also accepted for browser-based
    access.


    ## Rate Limits


    | Tier        | Requests / minute | Requests / day |

    |-------------|-------------------|----------------|

    | Default     | 300               | 10,000         |

    | Custom      | Contact us        | Contact us     |


    Those windows are per key. Your plan also caps each organization per hour,
    across every key,

    login and session acting for it: 100 requests on Free (or while a
    subscription is lapsed),

    10,000 on Business. While a subscription is lapsed, any method other than
    `GET`, `HEAD` and

    `OPTIONS` returns `403`.


    Rate-limit headers are included on every response so callers can
    self-throttle without

    hitting our 429s ("informed governor"):


    - `RateLimit-Policy` — every active window, e.g. `300;w=60, 10000;w=86400`

    - `RateLimit-Limit` — quota for the **most-restrictive** currently-active
    window

    - `RateLimit-Remaining` — requests left in that window

    - `RateLimit-Reset` — seconds until that window resets (relative; clock-skew
    safe)


    Legacy `X-RateLimit-*` aliases are also emitted for back-compat.
    `X-RateLimit-Reset`

    keeps the absolute Unix-timestamp shape to avoid breaking existing
    consumers.


    When rate-limited, you receive `429 Too Many Requests` with a
    `retry_after_seconds` field

    in the error envelope and a `Retry-After` header.


    ## Pagination


    List endpoints return paginated results in this envelope:


    ```json

    {
      "data": [...],
      "pagination": {
        "page": 1,
        "page_size": 25,
        "total_count": 342,
        "total_pages": 14,
        "has_next": true,
        "has_previous": false
      }
    }

    ```


    Use `?page=2&page_size=50` query parameters. Maximum page size is 100.


    ## Error Responses


    All errors conform to [RFC 9457 Problem
    Details](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457)

    with `Content-Type: application/problem+json`:


    ```json

    {
      "type": "https://closient.com/docs/errors/not_found",
      "title": "Not Found",
      "status": 404,
      "detail": "The requested resource was not found.",
      "error_code": "not_found",
      "retryable": false,
      "timestamp": "2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00"
    }

    ```


    Common error codes: `unauthorized` (401), `forbidden` (403), `not_found`
    (404),

    `validation_error` (422), `rate_limited` (429), `internal_error` (500).


    ## Versioning and Deprecation


    Every response from an operation in this document carries
    `Closient-API-Version` (its `info.version`).

    An operation marked `deprecated` answers with `Deprecation: @<Unix seconds>`

    ([RFC 9745](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9745)), `Sunset: <HTTP-date>`
    once a

    retirement date is set ([RFC 8594](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8594)),
    and

    `Link` entries for `rel="deprecation"`, `rel="sunset"` and
    `rel="successor-version"`.

    After its sunset it answers `410 Gone` naming the replacement. Policy:

    https://docs.closient.com/api-versioning
  termsOfService: https://www.closient.com/terms/
servers:
  - url: https://www.closient.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: Compliance
    description: Product recall and safety queries.
  - name: FSMA configuration
    description: >-
      An organization's FSMA 204 designated contact, lot-code settings and
      retention minimums.
  - name: FSMA 204 exemptions and harvest areas
    description: >-
      The § 1.1305 exemptions an organization declares and the harvest areas its
      farms record.
  - name: EPCIS capture configuration
    description: >-
      An organization's EPCIS capture keys, serial-number pools and public-page
      visibility.
  - name: FSMA recordkeeping
    description: >-
      An organization's FSMA 204 trading partners, reference documents,
      traceability plan versions and mock FDA audits.
externalDocs:
  description: Closient Documentation
  url: https://docs.closient.com
paths:
  /compliance/api/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/critical-tracking-events:
    delete:
      tags:
        - FSMA traceability
      summary: Bulk-delete Critical Tracking Events
      description: >-
        Delete every FSMA 204 Critical Tracking Event of the organization that
        matches the filter. At least one of `before`, `lot_id` or `event_type`
        is required (422 otherwise); several narrow the match together. A filter
        matching more than {BULK_DELETE_MAX_MATCHES} events is refused with 422
        and deletes nothing; narrow it (an earlier `before`, one lot) and call
        again. Records past their retention window are deleted; records still
        inside it are listed under `skipped` with the date each becomes
        deletable, and the call still returns 200. One audit entry records the
        filter and both counts. Requires the delete-traceability-records
        permission: an Owner, or a Manager-role API key that an Owner granted it
        to on the key management screen. An ordinary write key or a read-only
        key is refused with 403; a caller who cannot see the organization gets
        404.
      operationId: bulk_delete_critical_tracking_events
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: organization_id
          schema:
            description: Identifier of the organization.
            format: shortuuid
            maxLength: 22
            minLength: 22
            pattern: ^[23456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz]{22}$
            title: Organization Id
            type: string
          required: true
          description: Identifier of the organization.
        - in: query
          name: before
          schema:
            description: >-
              Match events whose event date is strictly before this ISO 8601
              datetime.
            title: Before
            format: date-time
            type: string
          required: false
          description: >-
            Match events whose event date is strictly before this ISO 8601
            datetime.
        - in: query
          name: lot_id
          schema:
            description: Match events recorded against this product lot.
            title: Lot Id
            format: shortuuid
            maxLength: 22
            minLength: 22
            pattern: ^[23456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz]{22}$
            type: string
          required: false
          description: Match events recorded against this product lot.
        - in: query
          name: event_type
          schema:
            description: Match events of this FSMA 204 type.
            allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CriticalTrackingEventTypeEnum'
          required: false
          description: Match events of this FSMA 204 type.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulkDeleteOut'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut'
        '405':
          description: Method Not Allowed
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut'
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Content
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorOut'
      security:
        - APIKeyHeaderAuth: []
        - OAuthTokenAuth: []
        - CookieGatedSessionAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    CriticalTrackingEventTypeEnum:
      description: An FSMA 204 critical tracking event type.
      enum:
        - GROWING
        - HARVEST
        - COOLING
        - INITIAL_PACK
        - LAND_RECEIVE
        - RECEIVE
        - TRANSFORM
        - SHIP
      title: CriticalTrackingEventTypeEnum
      type: string
    BulkDeleteOut:
      description: 200 OK body for a bulk delete — counts deleted vs partitioned-skipped.
      examples:
        - deleted: 3
          skipped:
            - id: aQ4nF7zG3kmRtXp9LcWyVH
              reason: retention_hold
              retention_until: '2028-02-01T00:00:00+00:00'
      properties:
        deleted:
          description: >-
            Count of CriticalTrackingEvents actually removed. Rows still inside
            their FSMA 204 retention window are partitioned into ``skipped`` and
            not counted here.
          minimum: 0
          title: Deleted
          type: integer
        skipped:
          description: >-
            Records held back by the retention trigger. Each entry carries the
            record's ``id``, a stable ``reason`` code, and the
            ``retention_until`` datetime at which it becomes deletable.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BulkDeleteSkippedItem'
          title: Skipped
          type: array
      required:
        - deleted
      title: BulkDeleteOut
      type: object
    ErrorOut:
      description: |-
        RFC 9457 Problem Details response.

        All API errors are returned in this format with Content-Type:
        application/problem+json.
      examples:
        - detail: The requested resource was not found.
          error_code: not_found
          retryable: false
          status: 404
          timestamp: '2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00'
          title: Not Found
          type: https://closient.com/docs/errors/not_found
        - detail: Validation error.
          details:
            - loc:
                - body
                - name
              msg: Field required
              type: missing
          error_code: validation_error
          retryable: false
          status: 422
          timestamp: '2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00'
          title: Validation Error
          type: https://closient.com/docs/errors/validation_error
        - detail: Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later.
          error_code: rate_limited
          retry_after: 31
          retryable: true
          status: 429
          timestamp: '2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00'
          title: Rate Limited
          type: https://closient.com/docs/errors/rate_limited
      properties:
        type:
          description: URI reference identifying the error type.
          title: Type
          type: string
        title:
          description: Short human-readable summary of the error.
          title: Title
          type: string
        status:
          description: HTTP status code.
          title: Status
          type: integer
        detail:
          description: Human-readable explanation of this specific occurrence.
          title: Detail
          type: string
        error_code:
          description: Machine-readable error code (e.g. not_found, unauthorized).
          title: Error Code
          type: string
        retryable:
          default: false
          description: Whether retrying the same request can succeed.
          title: Retryable
          type: boolean
        timestamp:
          description: ISO 8601 timestamp of when the error occurred.
          title: Timestamp
          type: string
        retry_after:
          anyOf:
            - type: integer
            - type: 'null'
          description: Seconds to wait before retrying (when applicable).
          title: Retry After
        owner_action_required:
          anyOf:
            - type: boolean
            - type: 'null'
          description: Whether the error requires account owner intervention.
          title: Owner Action Required
        details:
          description: Additional context (validation errors, etc.).
          title: Details
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
        - detail
        - error_code
        - timestamp
      title: ErrorOut
      type: object
    BulkDeleteSkippedItem:
      description: One entry in the ``skipped`` array on the bulk-delete response.
      examples:
        - id: 3mKq8ZsYvT2nWcR6pLxH9a
          reason: retention_hold
          retention_until: '2028-11-13T00:00:00+00:00'
      properties:
        id:
          description: >-
            Short ID of the CriticalTrackingEvent that was held back.
            22-character shortuuid encoding of the UUID primary key.
          title: Id
          type: string
        reason:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeletionRefusalReasonEnum'
          description: >-
            Stable code describing why the record was skipped. Currently always
            the retention hold: the FSMA 204 retention window has not yet
            elapsed.
        retention_until:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: >-
            ISO-8601 / RFC 3339 datetime at which this specific record becomes
            deletable. May be ``null`` when the row's organization or policy
            cannot be resolved.
          title: Retention Until
      required:
        - id
        - reason
      title: BulkDeleteSkippedItem
      type: object
    DeletionRefusalReasonEnum:
      description: Why a traceability record was not deleted.
      enum:
        - retention_hold
      title: DeletionRefusalReasonEnum
      type: string
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeaderAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
    OAuthTokenAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
    CookieGatedSessionAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: sessionid

````

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