ReleasePhoneNumber - Amazon Connect

ReleasePhoneNumber

Releases a phone number previously claimed to an Amazon Connect instance or traffic distribution group. You can call this API only in the AWS Region where the number was claimed.

Important

To release phone numbers from a traffic distribution group, use the ReleasePhoneNumber API, not the Amazon Connect admin website.

After releasing a phone number, the phone number enters into a cooldown period for up to 180 days. It cannot be searched for or claimed again until the period has ended. If you accidentally release a phone number, contact AWS Support.

If you plan to claim and release numbers frequently, contact us for a service quota exception. Otherwise, it is possible you will be blocked from claiming and releasing any more numbers until up to 180 days past the oldest number released has expired.

By default you can claim and release up to 200% of your maximum number of active phone numbers. If you claim and release phone numbers using the UI or API during a rolling 180 day cycle that exceeds 200% of your phone number service level quota, you will be blocked from claiming any more numbers until 180 days past the oldest number released has expired.

For example, if you already have 99 claimed numbers and a service level quota of 99 phone numbers, and in any 180 day period you release 99, claim 99, and then release 99, you will have exceeded the 200% limit. At that point you are blocked from claiming any more numbers until you open an AWS support ticket.

Request Syntax

DELETE /phone-number/PhoneNumberId?clientToken=ClientToken HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

ClientToken

A unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. If not provided, the AWS SDK populates this field. For more information about idempotency, see Making retries safe with idempotent APIs.

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 500.

PhoneNumberId

A unique identifier for the phone number.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient permissions to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

IdempotencyException

An entity with the same name already exists.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServiceException

Request processing failed because of an error or failure with the service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

One or more of the specified parameters are not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceInUseException

That resource is already in use. Please try another.

HTTP Status Code: 409

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource was not found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The throttling limit has been exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 429

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: