---
title: "Create a maintenance window status update"
method: POST
path: "/v1/maintenance-windows/{id}/maintenances/{maintenanceId}/updates"
tags: ["Maintenance windows"]
---

# Create a maintenance window status update

`POST /v1/maintenance-windows/{id}/maintenances/{maintenanceId}/updates`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.checklyhq.com`
- URL: `https://api.checklyhq.com/v1/maintenance-windows/{id}/maintenances/{maintenanceId}/updates`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api/docs/v1/maintenance-windows/:id/maintenances/:maintenanceId/updates/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates a new status update for a status-page-visible maintenance window.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required
- `maintenanceId` string, required

## Headers

- `x-checkly-account` string: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general

## Request body

- MaintenanceWindowUpdatePayload
  - `status` 'SCHEDULED' | 'IN_PROGRESS' | 'VERIFYING' | 'COMPLETED' | 'CANCELLED', required: The lifecycle status of this update.
  - `description` string, required: A description of the update.
  - `notifySubscribers` boolean: Whether to notify status page subscribers about this update.

## Response `201`

Created

- Model62
  - `id` string, required
  - `maintenanceWindowId` number, required
  - `maintenanceId` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `notifySubscribers` boolean, required
  - `created_at` string, date, required
  - `previousStatus` string, nullable
  - `previousStartsAt` string, date, nullable
  - `previousEndsAt` string, date, nullable
  - `dateAdjustments` DateAdjustments, nullable
    - `startsAt` string, date
    - `endsAt` string, date

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `bc90d1bfa738`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `errorCode` to the response with the `403` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/checklyhq/apis/checkly-public-api/changes/v1/maintenance-windows/:id/maintenances/:maintenanceId/updates/post.md)

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