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# Recovery Operations
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Manage soft-deleted certificates with recovery and purge operations. Supports Azure Key Vault's soft-delete feature for accidental deletion protection.
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## Capabilities
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### Deleted Certificate Management
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```python { .api }
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def get_deleted_certificate(certificate_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> DeletedCertificate:
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    """Get information about a deleted certificate."""
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def begin_recover_deleted_certificate(
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    certificate_name: str, **kwargs: Any
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) -> LROPoller[KeyVaultCertificate]:
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    """Recover a deleted certificate."""
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def purge_deleted_certificate(certificate_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
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    """Permanently delete a certificate (irreversible)."""
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```
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## Usage Examples
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```python
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# Get deleted certificate info
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deleted_cert = client.get_deleted_certificate("my-cert")
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print(f"Deleted on: {deleted_cert.deleted_on}")
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print(f"Scheduled purge: {deleted_cert.scheduled_purge_date}")
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# Recover deleted certificate
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recover_poller = client.begin_recover_deleted_certificate("my-cert")
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recovered_cert = recover_poller.result()
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print(f"Recovered: {recovered_cert.name}")
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# Permanently purge (use with caution!)
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client.purge_deleted_certificate("my-cert")
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```