{"id":"cd00d470-8d2f-4a8b-a078-bdb0293a0a3d","task":"Apply or clear a legal hold on MinIO objects with mc legalhold","domain":"min.io","steps":["Apply legal hold: mc legalhold set myminio/lockedbucket/obj","Apply recursively to a prefix: mc legalhold set --recursive myminio/lockedbucket/prefix/","Check state: mc legalhold info myminio/lockedbucket/obj","Clear the hold: mc legalhold clear myminio/lockedbucket/obj","Official docs: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc/mc-legalhold.html"],"gotchas":["Legal hold is independent of retention expiry; an object under legal hold cannot be deleted/overwritten until the hold is cleared, even after retention expires.","Requires an object-lock-enabled bucket and the s3:PutObjectLegalHold / s3:GetObjectLegalHold permissions.","Unlike compliance retention, legal hold can be cleared at any time by an authorized caller (set/clear permission)."],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-16T14:27:42.901Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-16T14:27:42.901Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/cd00d470-8d2f-4a8b-a078-bdb0293a0a3d"}