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# Delete Cloud Box

> Deletes a Cloud Box in any status, with its Keys, and returns once the Cloud Box is gone; what it ran is removed afterwards. Its ready Snapshots outlive it, and so does an in-flight one, which finishes after the Cloud Box is gone.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/simulation.yaml delete /v1/cloudbox/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Start API Boxes, Web Boxes, MCP Boxes and Cloud Boxes from Snapshots.
    Authenticate every request with an API key sent as a Bearer token.
  title: Continuous API
  version: v1
servers:
  - description: Continuous production API.
    url: https://api.continuouslabs.ai
security: []
tags:
  - description: >-
      Start API Boxes from API Box Snapshots. Each API Box serves its Snapshot's
      API at its own endpoint, with its own state, in real time. Stop, start and
      delete them.
    name: apibox
    x-group: API Boxes
  - description: >-
      Build API Box Snapshots from an OpenAPI, WSDL or GraphQL document, or use
      the catalog's. API Boxes start from a ready Snapshot.
    name: apibox-snapshots
    x-group: API Box Snapshots
  - description: >-
      Start Web Boxes from Web Box Snapshots. Each Web Box serves its Snapshot's
      web app at a host of its own, with its own state, in real time. Stop,
      start and delete them.
    name: webbox
    x-group: Web Boxes
  - description: >-
      Build Web Box Snapshots from a vendor's live web app, or use the
      catalog's. Web Boxes start from a ready Snapshot.
    name: webbox-snapshots
    x-group: Web Box Snapshots
  - description: >-
      Start MCP Boxes from MCP Box Snapshots. Each MCP Box serves its Snapshot's
      tools over MCP in front of an API Box. Stop, start and delete them.
    name: mcpbox
    x-group: MCP Boxes
  - description: >-
      List, rename and delete the MCP Box Snapshots that Continuous publishes
      into your workspace. Each holds an MCP server's tools, built against an
      API Box Snapshot.
    name: mcpbox-snapshots
    x-group: MCP Box Snapshots
  - description: >-
      Create emulated cloud accounts from Cloud Box Snapshots, start and stop
      them, and manage their Keys and connections.
    name: cloudbox
    x-group: Cloud Boxes
  - description: >-
      Save a Cloud Box's state as a Snapshot that new Cloud Boxes start from,
      and inspect, rename or delete Snapshots.
    name: cloudbox-snapshots
    x-group: Cloud Box Snapshots
  - description: >-
      Deprecated. Use API Box for APIs and Web Box for web apps. Build
      Simulators from OpenAPI, WSDL or GraphQL documents, check or cancel a
      build, clone Simulators into other workspaces, and rename and delete
      Simulators.
    name: simulators
    x-group: Simulators
  - description: >-
      Deprecated. Use API Box for APIs and Web Box for web apps. Create
      Simulations from ready Simulators or Snapshots, then rename, stop, start,
      and delete them.
    name: simulations
    x-group: Simulations
  - description: >-
      Deprecated. Use API Box for APIs and Web Box for web apps. Save a running
      Simulation's state as a Snapshot, create Simulations from it, and rename
      and delete it.
    name: simulation-snapshots
    x-group: Simulation Snapshots
  - description: >-
      Store connections to real systems: a base URL, the header that carries the
      credential, and its value. The API never returns a value.
    name: credentials
    x-group: Credentials
paths:
  /v1/cloudbox/{id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - cloudbox
      summary: Delete Cloud Box
      description: >-
        Deletes a Cloud Box in any status, with its Keys, and returns once the
        Cloud Box is gone; what it ran is removed afterwards. Its ready
        Snapshots outlive it, and so does an in-flight one, which finishes after
        the Cloud Box is gone.
      operationId: delete-cloudbox
      parameters:
        - description: Cloud Box ID.
          in: path
          name: id
          required: true
          schema:
            pattern: ^box_[0-9A-HJKMNP-TV-Z]{26}$
            type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              examples:
                cloudbox_not_found:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/cloudbox_not_found'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: Not Found
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
        '503':
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              examples:
                auth_provider_unavailable:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/auth_provider_unavailable'
                internal_unavailable:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/internal_unavailable'
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: Service Unavailable
      security:
        - apiKeyAuth: []
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          examples:
            auth_invalid:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/auth_invalid'
            auth_missing:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/auth_missing'
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Unauthorized
    InternalServerError:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          examples:
            internal:
              $ref: '#/components/examples/internal'
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      description: Internal Server Error
  examples:
    cloudbox_not_found:
      value:
        code: cloudbox_not_found
        detail: No Cloud Box was found with that ID.
        validation: null
    auth_provider_unavailable:
      value:
        code: auth_provider_unavailable
        detail: >-
          The authentication provider is unavailable. Retry the request after a
          short delay.
        validation: null
    internal_unavailable:
      value:
        code: internal_unavailable
        detail: >-
          The service is temporarily unavailable. Retry the request after a
          short delay.
        validation: null
    auth_invalid:
      value:
        code: auth_invalid
        detail: The authentication credential is invalid.
        validation: null
    auth_missing:
      value:
        code: auth_invalid
        detail: Authentication credentials are required.
        validation: null
    internal:
      value:
        code: internal
        detail: The server encountered an unexpected error.
        validation: null
  schemas:
    Error:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        code:
          description: Stable machine-readable error code.
          minLength: 1
          type: string
        detail:
          description: Safe human-readable error detail.
          minLength: 1
          type: string
        validation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpecificationValidation'
          description: >-
            Safe specification diagnostics for a rejected build request, when
            available.
      required:
        - validation
        - code
        - detail
      type: object
    SpecificationValidation:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        issues:
          description: Specification validation problems. At most 20 are returned.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpecificationIssue'
          maxItems: 20
          type: array
      required:
        - issues
      type:
        - object
        - 'null'
    SpecificationIssue:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        code:
          description: Stable validation rule code.
          type: string
        kind:
          description: >-
            Whether the input is invalid, unsupported, incomplete, exceeds a
            build limit, or has no specific diagnosis.
          enum:
            - invalid
            - unsupported
            - incomplete
            - limit
            - unknown
          type: string
        location:
          description: Readable endpoint or field affected by this issue.
          maxLength: 512
          type: string
        message:
          description: What needs attention at this location.
          type: string
        operation:
          description: >-
            Affected operation ID or method and path, when available. Empty for
            document-level issues.
          maxLength: 243
          type: string
        suggestion:
          description: How to correct or address the problem.
          type: string
      required:
        - code
        - operation
        - location
        - kind
        - message
        - suggestion
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      bearerFormat: Continuous API key
      description: >-
        Use a Continuous API key. Send it in the Authorization header as a
        Bearer token.
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

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