Operations: advanceRelocateBucket
Initiates thefinal synchronization of abucket relocation operation that requires a write downtime. The server makes a best effort toproceed with the operation, but success is not guaranteed.
Users can useOperations: get to check the status of the operation.
Required permissions
You must have thestorage.buckets.relocate IAM permission on the bucket to initiate the final synchronization step.
You might also need the following permissions on the bucket:
storage.bucketOperations.get
You need this permission to view the status of the bucket relocation operation.storage.bucketOperations.list
You need this permission to view the list of bucket relocation operations.storage.bucketOperations.cancel
You need this permission to cancel the bucket relocation operation.storage.bucket.get
You need this permission to view the metadata of a bucket during the final synchronization of the bucket relocation operation.storage.objects.listandstorage.objects.get
You need these permissions to view the list of objects in a bucket that you want to relocate to another location.
Request
HTTP request
POST https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/bucket/operations/operationId/advanceRelocateBucket
In addition tostandard query parameters, the following query parameters apply to this method.
To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see theJSON API Overview page.
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Path parameters | ||
bucket | string | Name of a bucket. |
operationId | string | The ID of the |
Request body
In the request body, supply any one of the following properties:
| Property name | Value | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optional parameters | |||
ttl | string | The Time to live (TTL) for the write downtime phase during a relocation process. It is expressed as a string, such as12h for 12 hours. Thettl duration determines the maximum allowed duration for the write downtime phase. If the write downtime exceeds this limit, the relocation process automatically reverts to the initate bucket relocation step, and write operations to the bucket are re-enabled. The value must be within the range of6h (6 hours) to48h (48 hours). If not specified, the default value is12h (12 hours). | Writable |
expire_time | string | If the final synchronization fails, theexpire_time determines how long the process tries before switching back to the initiate bucket relocation step. The format ofexpire_time is a string in RFC 3339 format, such as2024-08-15T01:30:15.01Z. | Writable |
Response
If successful, this method returns an empty response body.
For information about status and error codes returned by this API, see thereference page.
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Last updated 2026-02-19 UTC.