---
title: "Request Git maintenance"
method: POST
path: "/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/maintenance/"
tags: ["Repositories"]
---

# Request Git maintenance

`POST /api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/maintenance/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/maintenance/`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `gc-session`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - HTTP token
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/api/oauth/authorize`
    - Token URL: `/api/oauth/token` scopes: `repo:contents:write`

Queues bounded native Git maintenance. requestKey makes retries idempotent and expectedVersion fences configuration changes; 202 is a job receipt, not completion. Requires authenticated authority and enforces current resource policy.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `requestKey` string, uuid, required
  - `strategy` 'accelerators' | 'geometric', required
  - `maxRewriteBytes` integer, required
  - `geometricFactor` integer
  - `expectedVersion` integer, required

## Response `202`

Response for status 202

- MaintenanceStatus
  - `id` string, required
  - `repoId` string, required
  - `version` integer, required
  - `state` 'queued' | 'running' | 'blocked' | 'succeeded' | 'failed' | 'cancelled', required
  - `effectPermitted` boolean, required
  - `cancellationRequested` boolean, required
  - `native` object, nullable, required
    - `state` 'pending' | 'running' | 'committed' | 'conflict' | 'definitely_not_committed' | 'cancelled' | 'outcome_unknown', required
    - `strategy` 'accelerators' | 'geometric'
    - `before` object
      - `version` 2, required
      - `packCount` integer, required
      - `packBytes` integer, required
      - `looseObjectCount` integer, required
      - `looseObjectBytes` integer, required
      - `estimatedFullRewriteBytes` integer, required
      - `recommendedStrategy` 'accelerators' | 'geometric'
    - `after` object
      - `version` 2, required
      - `packCount` integer, required
      - `packBytes` integer, required
      - `looseObjectCount` integer, required
      - `looseObjectBytes` integer, required
      - `estimatedFullRewriteBytes` integer, required
      - `recommendedStrategy` 'accelerators' | 'geometric'
  - `reason` 'authority_changed' | 'native_unavailable' | 'native_pending' | 'invalid_evidence' | 'configuration_changed' | 'null', nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)