diff --git a/Sources/ContainerCommands/Container/ContainerPrune.swift b/Sources/ContainerCommands/Container/ContainerPrune.swift
index 13bfbe7f8..5e0c2a699 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerCommands/Container/ContainerPrune.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerCommands/Container/ContainerPrune.swift
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import ArgumentParser
 import ContainerAPIClient
-import ContainerResource
-import ContainerizationError
 import Foundation
 
 extension Application {
@@ -34,32 +32,21 @@ extension Application {
 
         public func run() async throws {
             let client = ContainerClient()
-            let filters = ContainerListFilters(status: .stopped).withoutMachines()
-            let containersToPrune = try await client.list(filters: filters)
-
-            var prunedContainerIds = [String]()
-            var totalSize: UInt64 = 0
-
-            for container in containersToPrune {
-                do {
-                    let actualSize = try await client.diskUsage(id: container.id)
-                    totalSize += actualSize
-                    try await client.delete(id: container.id)
-                    prunedContainerIds.append(container.id)
-                } catch {
-                    log.error(
-                        "failed to prune container",
-                        metadata: [
-                            "id": "\(container.id)",
-                            "error": "\(error)",
-                        ])
-                }
+            let result = try await client.prune()
+
+            for failure in result.failed {
+                log.error(
+                    "failed to prune container",
+                    metadata: [
+                        "id": "\(failure.id)",
+                        "error": "\(failure.error)",
+                    ])
             }
 
             let formatter = ByteCountFormatter()
-            let freed = formatter.string(fromByteCount: Int64(totalSize))
+            let freed = formatter.string(fromByteCount: Int64(result.reclaimedBytes))
 
-            for name in prunedContainerIds {
+            for name in result.pruned {
                 print(name)
             }
             log.info("Reclaimed \(freed) in disk space")
diff --git a/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/ContainerClient+Prune.swift b/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/ContainerClient+Prune.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343dcc2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/ContainerClient+Prune.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. and the container project authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import ContainerResource
+
+extension ContainerClient {
+    /// Remove all stopped containers, returning the outcome of the operation.
+    public func prune() async throws -> PruneResult {
+        let filters = ContainerListFilters(status: .stopped).withoutMachines()
+        let containersToPrune = try await list(filters: filters)
+        var prunedContainerIds = [String]()
+        var failed = [PruneResult.Failure]()
+        var totalSize: UInt64 = 0
+
+        for container in containersToPrune {
+            do {
+                let actualSize = try await diskUsage(id: container.id)
+                totalSize += actualSize
+                try await delete(id: container.id)
+                prunedContainerIds.append(container.id)
+            } catch {
+                failed.append(PruneResult.Failure(id: container.id, error: error))
+            }
+        }
+
+        return PruneResult(pruned: prunedContainerIds, failed: failed, reclaimedBytes: totalSize)
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/PruneResult.swift b/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/PruneResult.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..224990f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Services/ContainerAPIService/Client/PruneResult.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. and the container project authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+/// The outcome of a prune operation on containers, images, volumes, or networks.
+public struct PruneResult: Sendable {
+    public struct Failure: Sendable {
+        public let id: String
+        public let error: any Error
+
+        public init(id: String, error: any Error) {
+            self.id = id
+            self.error = error
+        }
+    }
+
+    public let pruned: [String]
+
+    public let failed: [Failure]
+
+    public let reclaimedBytes: UInt64
+
+    public init(pruned: [String], failed: [Failure], reclaimedBytes: UInt64) {
+        self.pruned = pruned
+        self.failed = failed
+        self.reclaimedBytes = reclaimedBytes
+    }
+}
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