Under legal hold

What it means

The asset is under legal hold, so it cannot be deleted, given a new file version (attach, replace, restore), delivered or scheduled to air, and a step of its runs cannot be signed off, rejected or skipped; detail gives the hold's reason. Only someone who may release the hold can lift it, in the app.

What to do

Leave the asset in place. A hold is lifted in the app by someone who may release it; retrying the delete (or the attach, replace, restore, delivery or step sign-off) will not succeed until then.

Example

Sent as application/problem+json with status 409. detail varies with the request; branch on type.

{
  "type": "https://impartire.com/problems/legal-hold",
  "title": "Under legal hold",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "This asset is under legal hold and cannot be deleted: litigation hold, matter 2026-114.",
  "instance": "/api/v1/assets/6f1c2a4e-0b7d-4f7e-9a51-2d3c4b5a6e7f",
  "request_id": "01JB8Z5W6Q4N3X2V1T0S9R8P7M"
}