---
title: "prepare gc commits"
method: POST
path: "/repositories/{repository}/gc/prepare_commits/async"
tags: ["internal"]
---

# prepare gc commits

`POST /repositories/{repository}/gc/prepare_commits/async`

## Request

- Base URL: `/api/v1` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/api/v1/repositories/{repository}/gc/prepare_commits/async`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in cookie `internal_auth_session`

## Response `202`

GC prepare task started

- TaskCreation
  - `id` string, required: The id of the new task

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation Error
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Resource Not Found
- `429`: too many requests
- `default`: Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-11-06** `b0f68552aba1`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/repositories/:repository/gc/prepare_commits/async/post.md)

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