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      • GET[BETA] Get all features lifecycle stage count
      • POSTValidate constraint
      • POSTAdd feature to favorites
      • DELRemove feature from favorites
      • POSTAdd project to favorites
      • DELRemove project from favorites

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Admin APIFeature flags

Mark features as stale / not stale

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POST
https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/:projectId/stale
POST
/api/admin/projects/:projectId/stale
$curl -X POST https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/stale \
>     -H "Authorization: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "features": [
>    "my-feature-1",
>    "my-feature-2",
>    "my-feature-3"
>  ],
>  "stale": true
>}'
1{}
This endpoint marks the provided list of features as either [stale](https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/technical-debt#stale-and-potentially-stale-flags) or not stale depending on the request body you send. Any provided features that don't exist are ignored.
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This endpoint marks the provided list of features as either stale or not stale depending on the request body you send. Any provided features that don’t exist are ignored.

Authentication

Authorizationstring
API key needed to access this API
OR
AuthorizationBearer
API key needed to access this API, in Bearer token format

Path parameters

projectIdstringRequired

Request

batchStaleSchema
featureslist of stringsRequired

A list of features to mark as (not) stale

stalebooleanRequired

Whether the list of features should be marked as stale or not stale. If true, the features will be marked as stale. If false, the features will be marked as not stale.

Response

This response has no body.

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
415
Unsupported Media Type Error