# Meta Rescue

Lowers the quorum the meta group needs, so peers can be removed when too many servers are permanently gone. This is unsafe and is only for disaster recovery.

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## Subject

`$JS.API.META.RESCUE`

Only works from the system account. This is a broadcast subject: every online server evaluates the request and replies on its own, so expect one response per server rather than a single reply.

## Request

A request to the JetStream $JS.API.META.RESCUE API

quorum\_neededintegerrequired

The number of servers that will now be required to form a quorum

## Response

A response from the JetStream $JS.API.META.RESCUE API

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One of the following:

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▶errorobjectrequired

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serverstringrequired

The server name of the responding server

server\_idstringrequired

The server ID of the responding server

prev\_quoruminteger

The effective quorum before the rescue was applied

new\_quoruminteger

The effective quorum after the rescue was applied

typeconst: "io.nats.jetstream.api.v1.meta\_rescue\_response"