---
title: "POST /start-patch-job"
method: POST
path: "/start-patch-job"
tags: ["Patch API"]
---

# POST /start-patch-job

`POST /start-patch-job`

## Request

- Base URL: `/api` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/api/start-patch-job`
- Auth: none declared

scan for updates, install updates or restart, on one or more SSH assets

## Request body

- ControllersPatchJobRequest
  - `assets` string[]
  - `owner` string
  - `type` string
  - `updates` string[]

## Response `200`

The Response object

- ObjectPatchJob
  - `asset` string
  - `createdTime` string
  - `endTime` string
  - `message` string
  - `name` string
  - `output` string
  - `owner` string
  - `remoteOffset` integer
  - `status` string
  - `type` string
  - `updates` string[]
  - `user` string

## Changes

- **2026-10-22** `7704f023ee40`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/casvisor/apis/casvisor-api/changes/start-patch-job/post.md)

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