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PATCH
/
v1
/
alert_events
/
{id}
Update alert event
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.rootly.com/v1/alert_events/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  --data '
{
  "data": {
    "type": "alert_events",
    "attributes": {
      "details": "<string>",
      "user_id": 123
    }
  }
}
'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "db961f47-99f6-48e8-ba26-99cb66e59f5e",
    "type": "alert_events",
    "attributes": {
      "kind": "note",
      "source": "api",
      "action": "created",
      "details": "Updated details",
      "user": {
        "id": 1,
        "ability_cache": null,
        "accept_marketing": true,
        "accept_terms": true,
        "created_at": "2025-12-19T01:06:46.430-08:00",
        "created_through_sso": false,
        "current_team_id": 1,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "external_id": null,
        "first_name": "Melony",
        "has_impersonate_write_permission": false,
        "how_did_you_hear_about_us": null,
        "incidents_backfilled_count": 0,
        "incidents_count": 0,
        "incidents_example_count": 0,
        "incidents_normal_count": 0,
        "incidents_scheduled_count": 0,
        "incidents_test_count": 0,
        "is_super_admin": false,
        "jti": "85af79c3-496a-40fe-babf-fa33c462dee6",
        "last_name": "Schiller",
        "last_notification_email_sent_at": null,
        "last_seen_at": null,
        "locale": "en",
        "onboarding_completed": true,
        "opsgenie_id": null,
        "pagerduty_id": null,
        "profile_photo_id": null,
        "push_notification_new_alert_sound": "default",
        "push_notification_new_alert_volume": 1,
        "push_notification_shift_ends_sound": "soft_bloob",
        "push_notification_shift_starts_sound": "soft_bloob",
        "scim_uid": null,
        "service_user": false,
        "session_token": null,
        "skip_tutorial": false,
        "teams_count": 1,
        "theme": "light_v2",
        "time_zone": "UTC",
        "updated_at": "2025-12-19T01:06:46.881-08:00",
        "victor_ops_id": null,
        "view_multiple_schedules": true
      },
      "user_id": 1,
      "incident": null,
      "schedule": null,
      "escalation_level": null,
      "escalation_target_type": null,
      "escalation_target": null,
      "slack_channel": null,
      "incident_ids": [],
      "created_at": "2025-12-19T01:06:47.986-08:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-12-19T01:06:48.678-08:00"
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

Body

application/vnd.api+json

Update an alert event. Note: Only alert events with kind='note' can be updated. You cannot change the kind field.

​
data
object
required

Response

alert event updated

​
data
object
required