---
title: "POST /api/v1/{context_id}/lifecycle/decay"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/{context_id}/lifecycle/decay"
---

# POST /api/v1/{context_id}/lifecycle/decay

`POST /api/v1/{context_id}/lifecycle/decay`

Apply periodic importance decay across all memories

## Path parameters

- `context_id` string, required

## Response `200`

- LifecycleResponseJson
  - `affected` integer, required

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `422` — Invalid context id
- `503` — Server too busy: the per-pod in-flight request cap was exceeded. Retry per the `Retry-After` header.

## Changes

- **2026-08-24** `9f1598713067` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `503`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/surrealdb/apis/spectron/changes/api/v1/:context_id/lifecycle/decay/post.md)

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