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# `catalog.category.archive`

Archive a category (products keep their assignment; hidden from active lists).

- **scope**: `catalog:write`
- **storefront-visible** (bumps the catalog generation): no
- **destructive**: yes — supports dryRun preview

## Payload

| field | type | required | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string (/^cat_[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,32}$/) | yes |  |

### JSON Schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^cat_[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,32}$"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```