---
title: "Update a contact"
method: PATCH
path: "/contacts/{id}"
tags: ["contacts"]
---

# Update a contact

`PATCH /contacts/{id}`

Update optional Fit / not-a-fit, notes, outreach status, tags, or profile data for a person in the list. lifecycleStage, hotScore, qualificationNotes, and leadBrief are per-campaign fields: pass campaignId to scope the write to one campaign, or the request is rejected.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `campaignId` string — Scopes the write to one list. Omit it: a chat turn writes to the list of the conversation it is in.

## Request body

- object
  - `lifecycleStage` 'contact' | 'lead' | 'qualified' | 'rejected' — Optional Fit / not-a-fit filter. Not an outreach gate. Fit still requires notes and a brief.
  - `hotScore` integer
  - `qualificationNotes` string
  - `leadBrief` string — Short brief for sales prep
  - `notes` string
  - `name` string — Update contact name
  - `profileData` unknown
  - `profileUpdatedAt` string — When profileData was last refreshed
  - `conversationData` unknown
  - `conversationUpdatedAt` string — When conversationData was last synced
  - `outreachStatus` 'none' | 'connection_sent' | 'connected' | 'dm_sent' | 'followed_up' | 'replied' | 'in_conversation' | 'meeting_booked' | 'not_interested' — Manual outreach status override
  - `doNotContact` boolean — Flag contact as do-not-contact
  - `tags` union — Add/remove/set tags
    - object
      - `add` string[], required
      - `remove` string[]
    - object
      - `add` string[]
      - `remove` string[], required
    - object
      - `set` string[], required

## Response `200`

Updated contact

- object
  - `success` true, required
  - `contact` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `linkedinUrl` string, required
    - `profileUrn` string, nullable, required — LinkedIn profile URN (e.g. urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAA...)
    - `publicIdentifier` string, nullable, required — LinkedIn vanity slug (e.g. joshuaau)
    - `name` string, required
    - `lifecycleStage` string, required
    - `hotScore` integer, required
    - `qualificationNotes` string, nullable, required
    - `leadBrief` string, nullable, required
    - `notes` string, nullable, required
    - `stageChangedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `profileData` unknown
    - `profileUpdatedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `conversationData` unknown
    - `conversationUpdatedAt` string, nullable, required
    - `outreachStatus` string — Absent when the contact has no outreach status, which is the common case.
    - `lastContactedAt` string, nullable
    - `lastRepliedAt` string, nullable
    - `doNotContact` boolean — Present only when true.
    - `lastActivityAt` string, nullable — Most recent of replied, contacted, created, or a stage change.
    - `avatarUrl` string, nullable — Durable avatar URL, R2-backed where available.
    - `humanStatus` string — One sentence describing where this contact stands, for a human or a model to read.
    - `campaigns` object[] — Every campaign this contact belongs to. Lifecycle is per-campaign, so this is where membership lives.
      - `campaignId` string, required
      - `campaignName` string
      - `campaignStatus` string
      - `campaignChatThreadId` string, nullable
      - `origin` string, nullable
      - `source` string, nullable
      - `sourceAngle` string, nullable
      - `addedAt` string
    - `tags` string[], required
    - `createdAt` string, required
    - `updatedAt` string, required
  - `creditsUsed` integer, required — Credits consumed by this call. 0 for free endpoints, cached results, duplicates, and for every query that does not touch LinkedIn.
  - `retryAfter` integer, required — Seconds to wait before another call of the same type. 0 means no wait is needed.
  - `_meta` object — Credit balance carried on every response so a caller never has to ask for it separately. Absent when the caller has no connected account.
    - `credits` object, required
      - `current` number, required — Credits spent this period.
      - `limit` number, nullable, required — Period allowance, or null when unlimited.
      - `remaining` number, nullable, required — Allowance left, or null when unlimited.
      - `percentage` number, required — Share of the allowance spent, 0 to 100.
      - `isUnlimited` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400` — The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error.
- `401` — Although HTTP specifies "unauthorized", this response means "unauthenticated". Authenticate to continue. NOTE: 401 is also returned with code "linkedin_not_connected" when the caller IS authenticated but has no connected LinkedIn account — connect LinkedIn (not re-authenticate) to continue.
- `403` — The client does not have access rights to the content.
- `404` — The server cannot find the requested resource.
- `409` — The request conflicts with the current state of the server.
- `410` — The requested content has been permanently deleted from the server.
- `422` — The request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors.
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded. Read error.retryAfter for the wait time in seconds.
- `500` — The server encountered a situation it does not know how to handle.
- `502` — LinkedIn returned a server error or the proxy connection failed. Retry after a few seconds.
- `503` — Proxy capacity temporarily exceeded. Retry after a few seconds.

## Changes

> 11 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-08-28** `62bf7284843d` — 1 breaking, 2 warning, 2 info
  - removed the required property `_meta/credits/accountPlan` from the response with the `200` status
  - changed the pattern of the request property `conversationUpdatedAt` from `^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$` to `^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}[Tt]\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(\.\d+)?([Zz]|[+-]\d{2}:\d{2})$`
  - changed the pattern of the request property `profileUpdatedAt` from `^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(?::[0-5]\d(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:Z))$` to `^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}[Tt]\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(\.\d+)?([Zz]|[+-]\d{2}:\d{2})$`
  - the `conversationUpdatedAt` request property type/format was generalized from `string`/`date-time` to `string`/``
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[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/berea/apis/bereach-api/changes/contacts/:id/patch.md)

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