# Delete a script tag (/en/docs/api/native/automation/deleteScriptTag)





Delete a distribution tag while retaining versions. latest cannot be deleted, versions and ranges are invalid tags, and deleting an absent valid tag is repeatable.

`DELETE /automation/v1/scripts/{ns}/{name}/dist-tags/{tag}`

## Authentication [#authentication]

`Authorization: Bearer $PRAXIS_API_KEY`

## Request fields [#request-fields]

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| path: ns | `string` | required; Namespace, folded to lowercase; matches [a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]{0,63}. praxis is read-only. |
| path: name | `string` | required; Name, folded to lowercase; matches [a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]{0,63}. |
| path: tag | `string` | required; Distribution tag. A prerelease (such as 1.3.0-beta.1) requires a tag and it cannot be latest; a tag may only use URL-safe characters (letters, digits and - _ . ! ~ * ' ( )), no spaces or / ? # and no leading or trailing whitespace; it cannot be a version or a version range (such as 1.2.3, ^1, 1.x, *); any other name such as beta, next or debug is allowed. Violations return TAG_INVALID or TAG_REQUIRED with the complete rules in hint. |

## Examples [#examples]

[SDK installation and example environment](/en/docs/api/native/automation)

Set these environment variables to your own resources:

| Variable | Source |
| --- | --- |
| SCRIPT_NAME | [name returned by creating a script](/en/docs/api/native/automation/createScript) |

```bash
: "${SCRIPT_NAME:?Set SCRIPT_NAME}"
curl --fail-with-body -X DELETE "https://api.deepraxis.ai/automation/v1/scripts/docs-samples/${SCRIPT_NAME}/dist-tags/sample" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRAXIS_API_KEY"
```

```typescript
import { createAutomationClient } from '@deepraxis/sdk/automation';

function env(name: string): string {
  const value = process.env[name];
  if (!value) throw new Error(`Set ${name}`);
  return value;
}
const automation = createAutomationClient({
  apiKey: env('PRAXIS_API_KEY'),
  baseUrl: 'https://api.deepraxis.ai',
  maxRetries: 0,
  timeoutMs: 90_000,
});
const result = await automation.scripts.distTags.delete({
  "path": {
    "ns": "docs-samples",
    "name": env("SCRIPT_NAME"),
    "tag": "sample"
  }
});
console.log(result);
```

## Response [#response]

### HTTP 200 [#http-200]

Success

`application/json`

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| .*.version | `string` | required; Exact version the tag currently points to. |
| .*.updated_at | `string` | required; Time the tag was last moved (RFC 3339 UTC). |
| .*.updated_by | `object` | required; Principal {type, id} injected by the gateway that says who initiated or acted. This service does not resolve names; the console resolves them in batches. no additional fields. |
| .*.updated_by.type | `"user"` / `"api_key"` / `"agent"` / `"run"` / `"trigger"` | required; Principal type. user is a signed-in user; api_key is a platform API key; agent is an agent; run is an action performed by a run itself (for example a parent run); trigger is a trigger. |
| .*.updated_by.id | `string` | required; Principal identifier whose meaning follows type: a user, API key, agent, run or trigger id. Treat it as an opaque string. |

### Measured response [#measured-response]

HTTP 200

```json
{
  "latest": {
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13T04:57:22.398Z",
    "updated_by": {
      "type": "api_key",
      "id": "key_3e00b8984967"
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors [#errors]

| HTTP | Codes and description |
| --- | --- |
| 400 | INVALID_PARAMS: Invalid request parameters, path, cursor, or body format. TAG_INVALID: The tag is invalid: a prerelease cannot use latest; a tag may only use URL-safe characters (no spaces or / ? #); it cannot be a version or range; latest cannot be deleted. The response hint lists the complete rules. |
| 403 | NAMESPACE_FORBIDDEN: The namespace is read-only, or the run token does not permit this call. |
| 404 | TARGET_NOT_FOUND: The target does not exist or has an incompatible type. |
| 409 | TARGET_ARCHIVED: The target is archived and cannot be used for this operation; action execution error detail includes ns/name. |
| 412 | PRECONDITION_FAILED: The revision, source digest, or concurrent write precondition does not match. |
| default | RFC 9457 automation problem. 429 includes Retry-After. |

[Authentication and common errors](/en/docs/api/errors) · Retain the `X-Request-Id` response header for troubleshooting.