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+# Resource expiration
+
+Customers often want to provide the time that a given resource or attribute of
+a resource is no longer useful or should be deleted. Currently we recommend
+that customers do this by specifying an exact "expiration time" into a
+`expire_time` field with a timestamp type; however, this adds additional strain
+on the user when they want to specify a relative time offset until expiration
+rather than a specific time until expiration.
+
+Furthermore, the world understands the concept of a "time-to-live", often
+abbreviated to TTL, but the typical format of this field (an integer, measured
+in seconds) results in a sub-par experience when using an auto-generated client
+library.
+
+## Guidance
+
+Services wishing to convey an expiration **must** rely on a timestamp field
+called `expire_time`. Services wishing to allow a relative expiration time
+**must** define a `oneof` called `expiration` (or `{something}_expiration`)
+containing both the `expire_time` field and a separate [duration][aip-142]
+field called `ttl`, the latter marked as input only:
+
+{% tab proto %}
+
+{% sample 'expiry.proto', 'message Book' %}
+
+{% tab oas %}
+
+{% sample 'expiry.oas.yaml', 'schema' %}
+
+{% endtabs %}
+
+Services **must** always return the expiration time in the `expire_time` field
+and leave the `ttl` field blank when retrieving the resource.
+
+Services that rely on the specific semantics of a "time to live" (e.g., DNS
+which must represent the TTL as an integer) **may** use an `int64 ttl` field
+(and **should** provide an [aip.dev/not-precedent][aip-200] comment in this
+case).
diff --git a/aip/general/0214/aip.yaml b/aip/general/0214/aip.yaml
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+---
+id: 214
+state: approved
+created: 2018-06-19
+placement:
+  category: design-patterns
+  order: 120
diff --git a/aip/general/0214/expiry.oas.yaml b/aip/general/0214/expiry.oas.yaml
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+---
+openapi: 3.0.3
+info:
+  title: Library
+  version: 1.0.0
+paths: {}
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Book:
+      description: This book will self-destruct.
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        name:
+          type: string
+          description: |
+            The name of the book.
+            Format: publishers/{publisher}/books/{book}
+      oneOf:
+      - type: object
+        properties:
+          expireTime:
+            type: string
+            format: date-time
+            description: |
+              Timestamp in UTC of when this resource is considered expired.
+      - type: object
+        properties:
+          ttlSeconds:
+            type: integer
+            description: |
+              The TTL for this resource in seconds.
+              When this value is passed as input it is returned as the equivalent
+              expireTime on output.
+            writeOnly: true
diff --git a/aip/general/0214/expiry.proto b/aip/general/0214/expiry.proto
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+// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+import "google/api/field_behavior.proto";
+import "google/api/resource.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/duration.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
+
+// This book will self-destruct.
+message Book {
+  option (google.api.resource) = {
+    type: "library.googleapis.com/Book"
+    pattern: "publishers/{publisher}/books/{book}"
+  };
+
+  // The name of the resource; the format is: ...
+  string name = 1;
+
+  oneof expiration {
+    // Timestamp in UTC of when this resource is considered expired.
+    // This is *always* provided on output, regardless of what was sent
+    // on input.
+    google.protobuf.Timestamp expire_time = 2;
+
+    // Input only. The TTL for this resource.
+    google.protobuf.Duration ttl = 3
+      [(google.api.field_behavior) = INPUT_ONLY];
+  }
+}