---
title: "save repository uncommitted metadata for garbage collection"
method: POST
path: "/repositories/{repository}/gc/prepare_uncommited"
tags: ["internal"]
---

# save repository uncommitted metadata for garbage collection

`POST /repositories/{repository}/gc/prepare_uncommited`

## Request body

- PrepareGCUncommittedRequest
  - `continuation_token` string

## Response `201`

paths to commit dataset

- PrepareGCUncommittedResponse
  - `run_id` string, required
  - `gc_uncommitted_location` string, required — location of uncommitted information data
  - `continuation_token` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Validation Error
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/treeverse/lakefs-api/revisions/4617f80bee61/schema)