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# Delete Mismatch Alert

Deletes a trailer mismatch observation alerts for the authenticated customer.

### **Authentication**

* Include your **`Access-Token`** and **`x-api-key`** in the header of your requests.

### Permissions

The `external-api-mismatch-observations` or `admin` permission is required to access this endpoint.

### **Endpoint**

* **URL:** `https://api.genlogs.io/mismatch-observations/{mismatch-alert-id}`
* **Method:** DELETE

### **Headers**

* **Access-Token**:  (string, required): Access token obtained from the "Create Access Token" endpoint.
* **x-api-key** (string, required): The API key provided by GenLogs.

### Request Example:

```bash
curl --location 'https://api.genlogs.io/mismatch-observations/{observation-id}' \
--header 'access-token: <your-api-token>' \
--header 'x-api-key: <your-x-api-key>'
```

### **Response:**

* **204 No Content:** The confirmation of the mismatch alert has ben successfully deleted.
* **401 Unauthorized:** If the authentication credentials (Access-Token) is missing or incorrect.
* **403 Forbidden**: If the permission has not been set to your user.
* **500 Internal Server Error:** If there is an issue on the server that prevents processing the request.

### **Response Body:**

204 No Content

401 Forbidden

```json
{
  "detail": {
    "message": "Token is missing",
    "subcode": "TOKEN_MISSING"
  }
}
```

403 Forbidden

```json
{
    "detail": "User does not have the required permissions to access this resource"
}
```

## Delete a mismatch observation

> Permanently removes the row (timestamp hard delete). This is separate from \`is\_disabled\`, which only pauses processing. After delete, the observation no longer appears in GET list and cannot be PATCHed. Same permission as create/list/update. Returns 404 if the id is unknown, belongs to another customer, or is already deleted. Returns 404 if the id is unknown, belongs to another customer, or is already deleted.<br>

```json
{"openapi":"3.0.3","info":{"title":"Mismatch observation alerts (external API)","version":"1.4.0"},"servers":[{"url":"https://api.genlogs.io"}],"security":[{"Access-Token":[],"X-Api-Key":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"Access-Token":{"type":"apiKey","in":"header","name":"Access-Token"}}},"paths":{"/mismatch-observations/{observation_id}":{"delete":{"summary":"Delete a mismatch observation","description":"Permanently removes the row (timestamp hard delete). This is separate from `is_disabled`, which only pauses processing. After delete, the observation no longer appears in GET list and cannot be PATCHed. Same permission as create/list/update. Returns 404 if the id is unknown, belongs to another customer, or is already deleted. Returns 404 if the id is unknown, belongs to another customer, or is already deleted.\n","tags":["Mismatch alerts"],"parameters":[{"name":"observation_id","in":"path","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string","format":"uuid"}}],"responses":{"204":{"description":"Observation deleted successfully (no response body)."},"401":{"description":"Unauthorized – Invalid or missing Access-Token."},"403":{"description":"Forbidden – missing permission."},"404":{"description":"Not found, wrong customer, or already deleted."}}}}}}
```