Deprecate event

This endpoint is used to deprecate a single usage event with a given event_id. event_id refers to the idempotency_key passed in during ingestion.

This endpoint will mark the existing event as ignored. Note that if you attempt to re-ingest an event with the same event_id as a deprecated event, Orb will return an error.

This is a powerful and audit-safe mechanism to retroactively deprecate a single event in cases where you need to:

• no longer bill for an event that was improperly reported
• no longer bill for an event based on the result of an external API call (e.g. call to a payment gateway failed and the user should not be billed)

If you want to only change specific properties of an event, but keep the event as part of the billing calculation, use the Amend event endpoint instead.

This API is always audit-safe. The process will still retain the deprecated event, though it will be ignored for billing calculations. For auditing and data fidelity purposes, Orb never overwrites or permanently deletes ingested usage data.

Request validation

• Orb does not accept an idempotency_key with the event in this endpoint, since this request is by design idempotent. On retryable errors, you should retry the request and assume the deprecation operation has not succeeded until receipt of a 2xx.
• The event’s timestamp must fall within the customer’s current subscription’s billing period, or within the grace period of the customer’s current subscription’s previous billing period. Orb does not allow deprecating events for billing periods that have already invoiced customers.
• The customer_id or the external_customer_id of the original event ingestion request must identify a Customer resource within Orb, even if this event was ingested during the initial integration period. We do not allow deprecating events for customers not in the Orb system.
• By default, no more than 100 events can be deprecated for a single customer in a 100 day period. For higher volume updates, consider using the event backfill endpoint.