diff --git a/vault/build.gradle b/vault/build.gradle
index 86b736b0c..7fd069259 100644
--- a/vault/build.gradle
+++ b/vault/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def git_url = 'https://github.com/opencadc/vos'
 dependencies {
     compile 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:[3.1,4.0)'
 
-    compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-util:[1.9.5,2.0)'
+    compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-util:[1.9.10,2.0)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-log:[1.1.6,2.0)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-gms:[1.0.5,)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-rest:[1.3.16,)'
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-vos-server-alt:[2.0,)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-vosi:[1.3.2,)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-uws:[1.0,)'
-    compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-uws-server:[1.2.12,)'
+    compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-uws-server:[1.2.19,)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-access-control:[1.1.1,2.0)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-cdp:[1.2.3,)'
-    compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-registry:[1.5.15,)'
+    compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-registry:[1.7.4,)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-inventory:[0.9.4,1.0)'
     compile 'org.opencadc:cadc-inventory-db:[0.15.0,1.0)'
 
diff --git a/vault/src/intTest/java/org/opencadc/vault/NodesTest.java b/vault/src/intTest/java/org/opencadc/vault/NodesTest.java
index 71bb1178b..2a4a317da 100644
--- a/vault/src/intTest/java/org/opencadc/vault/NodesTest.java
+++ b/vault/src/intTest/java/org/opencadc/vault/NodesTest.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.opencadc.gms.GroupURI;
 
 /**
  * Test the nodes endpoint.
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ public class NodesTest extends org.opencadc.conformance.vos.NodesTest {
     }
     
     public NodesTest() {
+        //super(URI.create("ivo://opencadc.org/vault"), "vault-test.pem", new GroupURI(URI.create("ivo://cadc.nrc.ca/gms?CADC_TEST_GROUP2")), "vault-test-auth.pem");
         super(URI.create("ivo://opencadc.org/vault"), "vault-test.pem");
     }
 }
diff --git a/vault/src/main/java/org/opencadc/vault/VaultInitAction.java b/vault/src/main/java/org/opencadc/vault/VaultInitAction.java
index bc9dc89f5..c22083be8 100644
--- a/vault/src/main/java/org/opencadc/vault/VaultInitAction.java
+++ b/vault/src/main/java/org/opencadc/vault/VaultInitAction.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import ca.nrc.cadc.rest.InitAction;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.util.MultiValuedProperties;
 import ca.nrc.cadc.util.PropertiesReader;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.uws.server.impl.InitDatabaseUWS;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ public class VaultInitAction extends InitAction {
     private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(VaultInitAction.class);
 
     static final String JNDI_DATASOURCE = "jdbc/nodes"; // context.xml
+    static final String JNDI_UWS_DATASOURCE = "jdbc/uws"; // context.xml
 
     // config keys
     private static final String VAULT_KEY = "org.opencadc.vault";
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ public VaultInitAction() {
     public void doInit() {
         initConfig();
         initDatabase();
+        initUWSDatabase();
         initNodePersistence();
     }
 
@@ -215,6 +218,20 @@ private void initDatabase() {
         }
     }
 
+    private void initUWSDatabase() {
+        log.info("initUWSDatabase: START");
+        try {
+            // Init UWS database
+            DataSource uws = DBUtil.findJNDIDataSource(JNDI_UWS_DATASOURCE);
+            InitDatabaseUWS uwsi = new InitDatabaseUWS(uws, null, "uws");
+            uwsi.doInit();
+            log.info("initDatabase: " + JNDI_UWS_DATASOURCE + " uws OK");
+
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("check/init uws database failed", ex);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected void initNodePersistence() {
         jndiNodePersistence = componentID + ".nodePersistence";
         try {
diff --git a/vault/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml b/vault/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml
index cbc72f2e0..e5775723b 100644
--- a/vault/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml
+++ b/vault/src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml
@@ -15,4 +15,17 @@
         removeAbandoned="false"
         testOnBorrow="true" validationQuery="select 123" />
     
+
+    <Resource name="jdbc/uws"
+        auth="Container"
+        type="javax.sql.DataSource"
+        factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory" closeMethod="close"
+        minEvictableIdleTimeMillis="60000" timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis="30000"
+        maxWait="20000"
+        initialSize="0" minIdle="0" maxIdle="${org.opencadc.vault.uws.maxActive}" maxActive="${org.opencadc.vault.uws.maxActive}"
+        username="${org.opencadc.vault.uws.username}" password="${org.opencadc.vault.uws.password}"
+        driverClassName="org.postgresql.Driver" url="${org.opencadc.vault.uws.url}"
+        removeAbandoned="false"
+        testOnBorrow="true" validationQuery="select 123" />
+
 </Context>
diff --git a/vault/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/vault/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index af0394c10..90476792e 100644
--- a/vault/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/vault/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
           ca.nrc.cadc.rest
           ca.nrc.cadc.util
           ca.nrc.cadc.vosi
+          ca.nrc.cadc.uws
       </param-value>
     </init-param>
     <init-param>
@@ -62,6 +63,30 @@
     <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
   </servlet>
 
+  <!-- async recursive node property setting servlet-->
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>RecursiveDeleteNodeServlet</servlet-name>
+    <servlet-class>ca.nrc.cadc.uws.server.JobServlet</servlet-class>
+    <init-param>
+      <param-name>get</param-name>
+      <param-value>ca.nrc.cadc.uws.web.GetAction</param-value>
+    </init-param>
+    <init-param>
+      <param-name>post</param-name>
+      <param-value>ca.nrc.cadc.uws.web.PostAction</param-value>
+    </init-param>
+    <init-param>
+      <param-name>delete</param-name>
+      <param-value>ca.nrc.cadc.uws.web.DeleteAction</param-value>
+    </init-param>
+    <init-param>
+      <param-name>ca.nrc.cadc.uws.server.JobManager</param-name>
+      <param-value>org.opencadc.vault.RecursiveDeleteNodeJobManager</param-value>
+    </init-param>
+    <load-on-startup>3</load-on-startup>
+  </servlet>
+
+
   <!-- VOSI capabilities -->
   <servlet>
     <servlet-name>CapabilitiesServlet</servlet-name>
@@ -107,6 +132,11 @@
     <url-pattern>/nodes/*</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
 
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>RecursiveDeleteNodeServlet</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/recursiveDelete/*</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+
   <!-- Availability servlet endpoint -->
   <servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>AvailabilityServlet</servlet-name>
diff --git a/vault/src/main/webapp/capabilities.xml b/vault/src/main/webapp/capabilities.xml
index fb145630e..d24f1a220 100644
--- a/vault/src/main/webapp/capabilities.xml
+++ b/vault/src/main/webapp/capabilities.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
     </interface>
   </capability>
 
+  <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSpace#recursive-delete-proto">
+    <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+      <accessURL use="base">https://replace.me.com/vault/recursiveDelete</accessURL>
+      <securityMethod/>
+      <securityMethod standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/sso#cookie"/>
+      <securityMethod standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/sso#tls-with-certificate"/>
+      <securityMethod standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/sso#token"/>
+    </interface>
+  </capability>
+
 <!--
   <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSpace/v2.0#transfers">
     <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">