# reset-axon (/docs/tx/reset-axon)

Republishes the axon record as a placeholder (ip 0, port 1, protocol 4) so
validators stop routing traffic to the old address; the storage entry is
not removed. Signed by the hotkey. Use this when taking a miner offline or
before moving it, then publish the new address with `serve_axon` when it
is back up.

| Signer   | Pallet          | Wraps                        |
| -------- | --------------- | ---------------------------- |
| `hotkey` | SubtensorModule | `SubtensorModule.serve_axon` |

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter | Type    | Required | Description                                    |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `netuid`  | integer | yes      | Subnet whose published axon endpoint to clear. |

Address parameters (`--hotkey`, `--coldkey`, `--dest`, ...) accept a raw ss58
address, an address-book or proxy-book name, or a local wallet/hotkey name.

## CLI [#cli]

Preview with `--dry-run` (shows fee, effects, and policy result without
submitting), then submit:

```bash
btcli tx reset-axon \
  --netuid <int> --dry-run
btcli tx reset-axon \
  --netuid <int> -w my_coldkey
```

## Python [#python]

```python
import bittensor as sub
from bittensor.wallet import Wallet

wallet = Wallet(name="my_coldkey", hotkey="my_hotkey")
intent = sub.ResetAxon(netuid=1)

async with sub.Client("finney") as client:
    plan = await client.plan(intent, wallet)   # fee, effects, policy — no submission
    result = await client.execute(intent, wallet)
    if not result.success:
        print(result.error.code, result.error.remediation)
```

Or build it by op name, as an agent would:

```python
await client.execute_tool("reset_axon", {...}, wallet)
```