> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.photon.codes/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Use Stable documentation by default. Honor an explicit Beta request or a URL under /docs/beta/. If the requested version conflicts with the installed CLI package or API origin, clarify the target before writing integration code.
> Pages under /docs/beta/ document Beta; other product pages document Stable. Keep the CLI package, commands, API origin, and credentials within the selected version. State the documentation version in your answer.
> For MCP search, always pass version: Stable or version: Beta. Unfiltered search mixes both versions. For filesystem reads, keep Beta queries under /beta/ and exclude /beta/ from Stable queries; discover paths before reading them.
> The public docs base is https://photon.codes/docs. Convert MCP page paths to public URLs under that base, preserving /beta/ when present. Read https://photon.codes/docs/skill.md for version selection and https://photon.codes/docs/llms.txt for the version indexes.

# Release resource

> Release resource: releaseResource in the TypeScript, Python and Rust clients.

`DELETE /v1/projects/{id}/platforms/resources/{resourceId}`

Gives one resource back, whatever it is. What that means is the resource's own business: an SMS number goes back to the provider and is retired, a dedicated iMessage line goes back to the shared pool and stays in existence for someone else to claim. Either way the provider is contacted first where there is one, then a single transaction disables every ability, ends the project's hold and closes the charge period — so a provider that refuses leaves the resource exactly as it was, still owned and still billed. Usually finishes inside this request and answers 200; if the provider is slow it answers 202 and the Location points at the operation to poll. The decrement runs behind the answer either way, so the resource is gone when you are told it is. Takes no Idempotency-Key — releasing the same resource twice is the same request. Releasing one that is already gone answers 404. Requires the platforms:write permission bound to the project resource in the path.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
    photon.projects.platforms.releaseResource(input: ReleaseResourceInput, options?: RequestOptions): Promise<ReleaseResourceOutput>
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Python">
    ```python Python theme={null}
    photon.projects.platforms.release_resource(input: ReleaseResourceInput) -> models.Operation
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Rust">
    ```rust Rust theme={null}
    client.release_resource(id: String, resource_id: String).await -> Result<ResponseValue<ReleaseResourceResponse>, Error<ReleaseResourceError>>
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<RequestExample>
  ```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
  import { Photon } from "@photon-ai/api";

  const photon = new Photon({
    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.PHOTON_API_TOKEN}` },
  });
  const result = await photon.projects.platforms.releaseResource({
    path: {
      id: "id",
      resourceId: "resourceId",
    },
  });
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import os

  from photon_api import Photon
  from photon_api.rpc_generated import ReleaseResourceInput

  photon = Photon(headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['PHOTON_API_TOKEN']}"})
  result = photon.projects.platforms.release_resource(
      ReleaseResourceInput.model_validate({
          "path": {
              "id": "id",
              "resourceId": "resourceId",
          },
      })
  )
  ```

  ```rust Rust theme={null}
  use photon_ai_api::{Credential, PhotonClientBuilder, SecretString};

  let token = std::env::var("PHOTON_API_TOKEN")?;
  let client = PhotonClientBuilder::new()
      .credential("accountServiceKey", Credential::Bearer(SecretString::from(token)))
      .build()?;
  let result = client
      .release_resource("id".to_owned(), "resourceId".to_owned())
      .await
      .map_err(|error| format!("{error:?}"))?
      .into_inner();
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 theme={null}
  {
    "cancellable": true,
    "createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "detail": {},
    "endedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "error": {
      "code": "string",
      "detail": "string"
    },
    "operationId": "string",
    "projectId": "string",
    "reason": "charge_refused",
    "resourceId": "string",
    "resourceType": "string",
    "startedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "state": "pending",
    "type": "resource.provision",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
  ```

  ```json 202 theme={null}
  {
    "cancellable": true,
    "createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "detail": {},
    "endedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "error": {
      "code": "string",
      "detail": "string"
    },
    "operationId": "string",
    "projectId": "string",
    "reason": "charge_refused",
    "resourceId": "string",
    "resourceType": "string",
    "startedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "state": "pending",
    "type": "resource.provision",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

## Parameters

<ParamField path="id" type={"string"} required />

<ParamField path="resourceId" type={"string"} required />

## Returns

**`200`** The release finished inside this request. The resource is gone. Operation

Headers: `Location`. The raw response carries these headers; see [Raw responses](/docs/beta/api-client/raw-responses).

<ResponseField name="cancellable" type={"boolean"} required />

<ResponseField name="createdAt" type={"string (date-time)"} required />

<ResponseField name="detail" type={"object"} />

<ResponseField name="endedAt" type={"string (date-time)"} />

<ResponseField name="error" type={"OperationError"} />

<ResponseField name="operationId" type={"string"} required />

<ResponseField name="projectId" type={"string"} required />

<ResponseField name="reason" type={"OperationReason"} />

<ResponseField name="resourceId" type={"string"} />

<ResponseField name="resourceType" type={"string"} required />

<ResponseField name="startedAt" type={"string (date-time)"} />

<ResponseField name="state" type={"OperationState"} required />

<ResponseField name="type" type={"OperationType"} required />

<ResponseField name="updatedAt" type={"string (date-time)"} required />

**`202`** The release is still running at the provider. GET the Location after the Retry-After interval; a terminal answer may arrive on any read. Operation

Headers: `Location`. The raw response carries these headers; see [Raw responses](/docs/beta/api-client/raw-responses).

<ResponseField name="cancellable" type={"boolean"} required />

<ResponseField name="createdAt" type={"string (date-time)"} required />

<ResponseField name="detail" type={"object"} />

<ResponseField name="endedAt" type={"string (date-time)"} />

<ResponseField name="error" type={"OperationError"} />

<ResponseField name="operationId" type={"string"} required />

<ResponseField name="projectId" type={"string"} required />

<ResponseField name="reason" type={"OperationReason"} />

<ResponseField name="resourceId" type={"string"} />

<ResponseField name="resourceType" type={"string"} required />

<ResponseField name="startedAt" type={"string (date-time)"} />

<ResponseField name="state" type={"OperationState"} required />

<ResponseField name="type" type={"OperationType"} required />

<ResponseField name="updatedAt" type={"string (date-time)"} required />


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