Make it an option in the module's interface, whether or not to query for all records being updated or deleted first (makes more sense for an api backend to NOT do this).

qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/APIUpdateAction.java

@@ -45,4 +45,16 @@ public class APIUpdateAction extends AbstractAPIAction implements UpdateInterfac
       return (apiActionUtil.doUpdate(table, updateInput));
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Specify whether this particular module's update action can & should fetch
+    ** records before updating them, e.g., for audits or "not-found-checks"
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public boolean supportsPreFetchQuery()
+   {
+      return (false);
+   }
+
 }