---
title: "Remove offline hosts"
method: POST
path: "/bus/hosts/remove"
tags: ["bus"]
---

# Remove offline hosts

`POST /bus/hosts/remove`

Removes hosts that have been offline for the specified duration or have had too many consecutive scan failures

## Request body

- object
  - `maxDowntimeHours` integer
  - `maxConsecutiveScanFailures` integer

## Response `200`

Number of hosts removed

- integer

## Other responses

- `400` — Malformed request
- `500` — Internal server error

## Changes

- **2024-12-18** `922f156353c9` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the media type `text/plain` for the response with the status `500`
  - api tag `bus` added
- **2024-12-17** `acbb46c060cb` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2024-12-09** `f062c35d8f47` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/siafoundation/apis/renterd-api/changes/bus/hosts/remove/post.md)

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