{
  "slug": "zone-reset",
  "term": "Zone Reset",
  "aliases": [
    "Reset Zone",
    "Reset Zone Write Pointer"
  ],
  "definition": "Zone Reset makes an eligible sequential zone empty for reuse, returns its write pointer to the zone start and invalidates access to its previous data.",
  "note": "Reset is destructive whole-zone reclamation, not a repair operation or evidence of secure sanitization. ZNS 1.1 rejects Reset on Read Only and Offline zones. Before issuing Reset, the application must preserve any still-needed records and their recovery metadata elsewhere.",
  "status": "shipping",
  "advantages": [],
  "limitations": [],
  "supersedes": [],
  "supersededBy": [],
  "firstSeen": null,
  "lastSeen": null,
  "updated": "2026-10-13",
  "related": [
    "zns",
    "zone-write-pointer",
    "zone-finish",
    "data-sanitization"
  ],
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "zoned-overview",
      "title": "Western Digital, Zoned Storage: zone management commands and state transitions.",
      "url": "https://zonedstorage.io/docs/introduction/zoned-storage",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "zns-spec",
      "title": "NVM Express, Zoned Namespace Command Set Specification, revision 1.1 (18 May 2021), Figure 4 and sections 2.1.1.2.1.1, 3.4.3.1.2 and 3.4.3.1.4. Copyright 2007-2021 NVM Express, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.",
      "url": "https://nvmexpress.org/wp-content/uploads/NVM-Express-Zoned-Namespace-Command-Set-Specification-1.1-2021.06.02-Ratified.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "hesela-zns",
      "title": "Hesela: ZNS resource limits, lifecycle and recovery boundaries",
      "url": "https://hesela.com/analyses/zns-open-active-zone-limits/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-13"
    }
  ]
}