# Expire items past their validity

`POST /memory/expire` · Rivier · memory

Expire items past their validity.

- Scope: memory:write
- Graphql: Mutation.memoryItemExpireStale
- Sdk: memory.item.expireStale
- Cli: memory item expire stale

## Responses

- `200`: Success
- `400`: The request was malformed
- `401`: No valid credential
- `403`: The credential lacks the scope, origin or address
- `429`: Over the key's rate limit; see Retry-After

## Example

```sh
curl -X POST 'https://api.rivier.ai/memory/expire' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $KEY'
```