# Zero Data Retention with Agent API

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/zero-data-retention-with-agent-api/5902>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** agent-api, api\
**Created:** [August 24, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/zero-data-retention-with-agent-api/5902 "2026-08-24T09:16:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![an-px](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@an-px](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/an-px)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/zero-data-retention-with-agent-api/5902/1 "2026-08-24T09:16:01Z")

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Hi, on our console we got the hint that the chat completions API is moving to the Agent API.

We want to migrate our platform, but since we have given our customers a ZDR commitment, it doesn’t seem possible to migrate to Agent API. The docs state: “The Agent API persists response and conversation state server-side so responses can be retrieved (`store`) or continued (`previous_response_id`). Setting `store: false` only hides a response from retrieval — it does not disable persistence, and the response can still be used as a continuation source.”

While the privacy policy had this statement for the completions API:

Perplexity maintains a strict **Zero Data Retention Policy** for the Chat Completions API.

What is the expected way to migrate to the Agent API when we have a ZDR agreement with our customers?

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**Author:** ![an-px](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@an-px](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/an-px)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/zero-data-retention-with-agent-api/5902/2 "2026-08-31T12:06:00Z")

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okay, well, if there is no way we are switching from perplexity to bedrock agent search. We can’t use an API without ZDR.