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# Retiring Tokens

**`POST /api/v1/contracts/retire/pools/{poolId}/retire`**

Submits a token retirement request against the specified pool. Accessible by Standard Registry and User roles.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.CONTRACTS_RETIRE_REQUEST_CREATE`

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## Request

### Path Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description     |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | --------------- |
| `poolId`  | string | Yes      | Pool identifier |

### Request Body

```json
[
  {
    "token": "0.0.5000001",
    "count": 100,
    "serials": []
  }
]
```

The request body is an array of token retirement entries.

| Field     | Type   | Required | Description                                       |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `token`   | string | Yes      | Hedera token identifier to retire                 |
| `count`   | number | Yes      | Number of tokens to retire                        |
| `serials` | array  | No       | Specific serial numbers (for non-fungible tokens) |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `200 OK`

```json
true
```

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description                   |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `400 Bad Request`           | Request body must be an array |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token      |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions      |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure     |