---
title: "Updates the keep_forever flag of a chat session."
method: PUT
path: "/chats/{session_id}/keep_forever"
tags: ["Chat"]
---

# Updates the keep_forever flag of a chat session.

`PUT /chats/{session_id}/keep_forever`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/chats/{session_id}/keep_forever`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/chats/:session_id/keep_forever/put.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Sets or unsets the keep_forever flag to preserve a chat session from auto-archival.

## Path parameters

- `session_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `keep_forever` boolean, required: Whether to preserve the chat session from auto-archival.

## Response `204`

Successful operation

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/revisions/a82a117320f4?raw)