Update a specific alert group by id. Note: For enhanced functionality and future compatibility, consider using the advanced alert grouping with conditions field instead of the legacy group_by_alert_title, group_by_alert_urgency, and attributes fields.
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/alert_groups/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "alert_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"time_window": 123,
"targets": [
{
"target_type": "Group",
"target_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
],
"attributes": [
{
"json_path": "<string>"
}
],
"group_by_alert_title": 1,
"group_by_alert_urgency": 1,
"condition_type": "all",
"conditions": [
{
"property_field_type": "attribute",
"property_field_condition_type": "is_one_of",
"property_field_name": "<string>",
"property_field_value": "<string>",
"property_field_values": [
"<string>"
],
"alert_urgency_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"conditionable_type": "AlertField",
"conditionable_id": "<string>"
}
]
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "f3742c62-a9ed-49bb-b96d-4493772ddf3d",
"type": "alert_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "Group name updated",
"slug": "123-test-group",
"description": null,
"time_window": 10,
"condition_type": "any",
"deleted_at": null,
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:40.615-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.716-08:00",
"group_by_alert_title": false,
"group_by_alert_urgency": false,
"targets": [
{
"id": "0b78b9d0-2d99-4fd5-ab4b-0e3583fff308",
"alert_group_id": "f3742c62-a9ed-49bb-b96d-4493772ddf3d",
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:40.616-08:00",
"deleted_at": null,
"target_id": "71a3b30d-4b31-4339-ab3f-e3521e88f70e",
"target_type": "Service",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:40.616-08:00"
}
],
"attributes": [],
"conditions": [
{
"id": "7a874b16-ca51-4876-ae94-3401fea4be47",
"property_field_condition_type": "is_one_of",
"property_field_name": "description",
"property_field_type": "attribute",
"property_field_value": null,
"property_field_values": [
"Test description"
],
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.717-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.717-08:00",
"conditionable_type": null,
"conditionable_id": null
},
{
"id": "d285e802-3f9e-4983-8011-3c4ccf8ef83a",
"property_field_condition_type": "is_one_of",
"property_field_name": "alert_urgency",
"property_field_type": "attribute",
"property_field_value": null,
"property_field_values": [],
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.718-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.718-08:00",
"conditionable_type": null,
"conditionable_id": null,
"values": [
{
"record_id": "869eb62b-f6d2-48b4-ab25-eec807542c27",
"record_type": "AlertUrgency"
}
]
}
]
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
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curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/alert_groups/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "alert_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"time_window": 123,
"targets": [
{
"target_type": "Group",
"target_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
],
"attributes": [
{
"json_path": "<string>"
}
],
"group_by_alert_title": 1,
"group_by_alert_urgency": 1,
"condition_type": "all",
"conditions": [
{
"property_field_type": "attribute",
"property_field_condition_type": "is_one_of",
"property_field_name": "<string>",
"property_field_value": "<string>",
"property_field_values": [
"<string>"
],
"alert_urgency_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"conditionable_type": "AlertField",
"conditionable_id": "<string>"
}
]
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "f3742c62-a9ed-49bb-b96d-4493772ddf3d",
"type": "alert_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "Group name updated",
"slug": "123-test-group",
"description": null,
"time_window": 10,
"condition_type": "any",
"deleted_at": null,
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:40.615-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.716-08:00",
"group_by_alert_title": false,
"group_by_alert_urgency": false,
"targets": [
{
"id": "0b78b9d0-2d99-4fd5-ab4b-0e3583fff308",
"alert_group_id": "f3742c62-a9ed-49bb-b96d-4493772ddf3d",
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:40.616-08:00",
"deleted_at": null,
"target_id": "71a3b30d-4b31-4339-ab3f-e3521e88f70e",
"target_type": "Service",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:40.616-08:00"
}
],
"attributes": [],
"conditions": [
{
"id": "7a874b16-ca51-4876-ae94-3401fea4be47",
"property_field_condition_type": "is_one_of",
"property_field_name": "description",
"property_field_type": "attribute",
"property_field_value": null,
"property_field_values": [
"Test description"
],
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.717-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.717-08:00",
"conditionable_type": null,
"conditionable_id": null
},
{
"id": "d285e802-3f9e-4983-8011-3c4ccf8ef83a",
"property_field_condition_type": "is_one_of",
"property_field_name": "alert_urgency",
"property_field_type": "attribute",
"property_field_value": null,
"property_field_values": [],
"created_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.718-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-04T01:27:41.718-08:00",
"conditionable_type": null,
"conditionable_id": null,
"values": [
{
"record_id": "869eb62b-f6d2-48b4-ab25-eec807542c27",
"record_type": "AlertUrgency"
}
]
}
]
}
}
}