>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #3539033. --> Reported by: [kim.pepper](https://www.drupal.org/user/370574) Related to !969 >>> <h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3> <p>It is only used in <code>\Drupal\ai\Base\AiVdbProviderClientBase::deleteItems()</code>. There may be better provider-specific ways of deleting multiple items, rather than doing a look up for entity ids to get vdb ids, to then delete them.</p> <p>We should let the vdb provider handle deleting multiple items directly instead.</p> <h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce (required for bugs, but not feature requests)</h4> <h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3> <p>Deprecate <code>\Drupal\ai\AiVdbProviderInterface::getVdbIds()</code> and let the vdb provider delete directly.</p> <h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3> <h3>Optional: Other details as applicable (e.g., User interface changes, API changes, Data model changes)</h3>