> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.watchdog.no/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Delete an alert > Deletes the alert, whether a check or a person created it. To reject a wrong finding, prefer dismissing it: a dismissal is kept and teaches later checks, and a re-check can recreate a deleted finding. An alert in a claim that is not cancelled returns 409; remove it from the claim first. Send If-Match with the ETag you read to avoid deleting an alert that changed since. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi-preview.json delete /v1/alerts/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Watchdog API version: 1.0.0 description: >- The Watchdog API is served from https://api-canary.watchdog.no until it moves to https://api.watchdog.no. Request bodies are limited to 2 MiB unless an endpoint says otherwise. Files are uploaded directly to storage, not through the API. servers: - url: https://api-canary.watchdog.no description: Watchdog API security: [] paths: /v1/alerts/{id}: delete: tags: - Alerts summary: Delete an alert description: >- Deletes the alert, whether a check or a person created it. To reject a wrong finding, prefer dismissing it: a dismissal is kept and teaches later checks, and a re-check can recreate a deleted finding. An alert in a claim that is not cancelled returns 409; remove it from the claim first. Send If-Match with the ETag you read to avoid deleting an alert that changed since. operationId: deleteAlert parameters: - name: X-Organization-Id in: header required: false schema: type: string description: >- The organization to act in. Required for personal API keys; list the organizations you can access with GET /v1/organizations. - name: If-Match in: header required: false schema: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 4096 description: >- Optional ETag from your last read or edit. If the resource changed since, the request fails with 412 and nothing changes. - schema: type: string format: uuid required: true name: id in: path responses: '204': description: The alert was deleted. '400': description: >- The request is invalid. details lists up to 20 field errors. Request bodies are limited to 2 MiB. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_validation_error' example: error: code: validation_error message: >- The request is invalid. details lists up to 20 field errors. Request bodies are limited to 2 MiB. request_id: req_example '401': description: The bearer token is missing or invalid. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. WWW-Authenticate: schema: type: string required: false description: Bearer authentication challenge, when supplied. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_invalid_token' example: error: code: invalid_token message: The bearer token is missing or invalid. request_id: req_example '403': description: >- Access denied. The error code says why: forbidden, token_disabled, organization_required, insufficient_role or mfa_required. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. content: application/json: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/Error_forbidden_token_disabled_organization_required_insufficient_role_mfa_required example: error: code: forbidden message: >- Access denied. The error code says why: forbidden, token_disabled, organization_required, insufficient_role or mfa_required. request_id: req_example '404': description: The resource does not exist in the current organization. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_not_found' example: error: code: not_found message: The resource does not exist in the current organization. request_id: req_example '409': description: >- The alert is in a claim that is not cancelled. Remove it from the claim first. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_conflict' example: error: code: conflict message: >- The alert is in a claim that is not cancelled. Remove it from the claim first. request_id: req_example '412': description: >- The resource changed since the ETag in If-Match was read. Nothing changed; read it again and retry. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_precondition_failed' example: error: code: precondition_failed message: >- The resource changed since the ETag in If-Match was read. Nothing changed; read it again and retry. request_id: req_example '429': description: Too many requests. Wait for the Retry-After delay before retrying. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. Retry-After: schema: type: string example: '60' required: true description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_rate_limit_exceeded' example: error: code: rate_limit_exceeded message: >- Too many requests. Wait for the Retry-After delay before retrying. request_id: req_example '500': description: >- Unexpected server failure. Include the request ID when contacting support. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_internal_error' example: error: code: internal_error message: >- Unexpected server failure. Include the request ID when contacting support. request_id: req_example '503': description: >- Temporarily unavailable. Retry after the Retry-After delay, when provided. headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string required: true description: >- Request ID, also included in error bodies. Include it when contacting support. Cache-Control: schema: type: string enum: - private, no-store - private, no-store, no-transform required: false description: API responses are private and must not be cached. X-RateLimit-Limit: schema: type: string example: '500' required: false description: >- Requests allowed per minute for this credential, or failed API key attempts allowed per minute from this IP address. Retry-After: schema: type: string example: '60' required: true description: Seconds to wait before retrying the request. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error_service_unavailable' example: error: code: service_unavailable message: >- Temporarily unavailable. Retry after the Retry-After delay, when provided. request_id: req_example security: - ApiKeyBearer: [] components: schemas: Error_validation_error: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - validation_error message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_invalid_token: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - invalid_token message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_forbidden_token_disabled_organization_required_insufficient_role_mfa_required: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - forbidden - token_disabled - organization_required - insufficient_role - mfa_required message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_not_found: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - not_found message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_conflict: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - conflict message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_precondition_failed: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - precondition_failed message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_rate_limit_exceeded: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - rate_limit_exceeded message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_internal_error: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - internal_error message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error Error_service_unavailable: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - service_unavailable message: type: string request_id: type: string description: type: string details: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string field: type: string message: type: string required: - code - field - message maxItems: 20 workflow_run_id: type: string format: uuid import_id: type: string format: uuid existing_party: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - supplier - recipient id: type: string format: uuid required: - type - id required: - code - message - request_id required: - error securitySchemes: ApiKeyBearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Personal API key sent as a bearer token, together with X-Organization-Id. The key must have at least the access level the endpoint requires (read, write or admin). ````