---
title: "Dump repository refs (tags, commits, branches) to object store Deprecated: a new API will introduce long running operations"
method: PUT
path: "/repositories/{repository}/refs/dump"
tags: ["internal"]
---

# Dump repository refs (tags, commits, branches) to object store Deprecated: a new API will introduce long running operations

`PUT /repositories/{repository}/refs/dump`

## Response `201`

refs dump

- RefsDump
  - `commits_meta_range_id` string, required
  - `tags_meta_range_id` string, required
  - `branches_meta_range_id` string, required

## Other responses

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

## Changes

- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `420`
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `420`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `429`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/repositories/:repository/refs/dump/put.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/treeverse/lakefs-api/revisions/4617f80bee61/schema)