# Verb.retired

URL: /business/events/Verb.retired · Id: `event:Verb.retired`

> Emitted each time a Verb is retired.

[Verb.retire](/business/nouns/verb/retire) emits `Verb.retired` when it completes on a [Verb](/business/nouns/verb).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Verb.retire](/business/nouns/verb/retire) |
| Noun | [Verb](/business/nouns/verb) |
| Moves | [Verb](/business/nouns/verb) `published` to `retired` |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Verb.retire](/business/nouns/verb/retire) returns, and `previous` holds the state it left.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Verb.retired`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.version` | [Version](/business/nouns/version) | Yes | The new Version, without the Verb. |
| `data.verb` | [Verb](/business/nouns/verb) | Yes | The Verb, now retired from new Versions. |
| `data.verb.name` | `string` | Yes | The camelCase action form. |
| `data.verb.event` | `string` | Yes | The event the Verb emits. |
| `data.verb.publishedIn` | [Version](/business/nouns/version) | No | The first published Version that serves it; from then on, edits go through a Change and `delete` refuses. |
| `data.verb.status` | `string` | Yes | One of `draft`, `published` or `retired`. |
| `data.previous.status` | `string` | Yes | The `status` before this Event: `published`. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Verb.retired",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "version": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/versions/version_1",
      "$type": "Version",
      "fingerprint": "sha256:9f2c4e1a7b3d"
    },
    "verb": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/patentpad.com/verbs/verb_1",
      "$type": "Verb",
      "name": "PatentPad",
      "event": "Example event",
      "publishedIn": "version_1",
      "status": "retired"
    },
    "previous": {
      "status": "published"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```