Yeah, I think the config api really only touches the configoverlay.json. So it makes sense to me that it could only delete things that it originally made.
- Houston On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM David Eric Pugh via dev < [email protected]> wrote: > I was playing around with the Config API, and I wanted to remove the > /update/csv request handler. I expected just to run: > > > curl -X POST -H 'Content-type:application/json' -d '{ > > "delete-requesthandler": "/update/csv" > > }' http://localhost:8983/solr/techproducts/config > > > However I get back an error. Reading the ref guide > https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/configuration-guide/config-api.html#commands-to-modify-the-config > it > seems to suggest that while I can delete a request handler I create using > the Config API, I can't delete one that comes with Solr? > > Does this resonate with other folks? Why can't I use Config API to remove > any request handler? Is it because we only delete things that exist in > the configoverlay.json file? > Eric >
