---
title: "Bulk update triage assignee of security signals"
method: PATCH
path: "/api/v2/security_monitoring/signals/bulk/assignee"
tags: ["Security Monitoring"]
---

# Bulk update triage assignee of security signals

`PATCH /api/v2/security_monitoring/signals/bulk/assignee`

Change the triage assignees of multiple security signals at once.
The maximum number of signals that can be updated in a single request is 199.

## Request body

- SecurityMonitoringSignalsBulkAssigneeUpdateRequest — Request body for updating the assignee of multiple security signals.
  - `data` SecurityMonitoringSignalsBulkAssigneeUpdateData[], required — An array of signal assignee updates.
    - `attributes` SecurityMonitoringSignalsBulkAssigneeUpdateAttributes, required — Attributes describing the new assignees for a bulk signal update.
      - `assignee` string, required — UUID of the user to assign to the signal. Use an empty string to unassign.
      - `version` integer — Version of the updated signal. If server side version is higher, update will be rejected.
    - `id` string, required — The unique ID of the security signal.
    - `type` 'signal' — The type of event.

## Response `200`

OK

- SecurityMonitoringSignalsBulkTriageUpdateResponse — Response for a bulk triage update of security signals.
  - `result` SecurityMonitoringSignalsBulkTriageUpdateResult, required — The result payload of a bulk signal triage update.
    - `count` integer, required — The number of signals updated.
    - `events` SecurityMonitoringSignalsBulkTriageEvent[], required — The list of updated signals.
      - `event` SecurityMonitoringSignalsBulkTriageEventAttributes, required — Triage attributes of a security signal returned in a bulk update response.
        - `archive_comment` string — Optional comment to display on archived signals.
        - `archive_comment_timestamp` integer — Timestamp of the last edit to the archive comment.
        - `archive_comment_user` SecurityMonitoringTriageUser — Object representing a given user entity.
          - `handle` string — The handle for this user account.
          - `icon` string — Gravatar icon associated to the user.
          - `id` integer — Numerical ID assigned by Datadog to this user account.
          - `name` string, nullable — The name for this user account.
          - `uuid` string, required — UUID assigned by Datadog to this user account.
        - `archive_reason` 'none' | 'false_positive' | 'testing_or_maintenance' | 'remediated' | 'investigated_case_opened' | 'true_positive_benign' | 'true_positive_malicious' | 'other' — Reason a signal is archived.
        - `assignee` SecurityMonitoringTriageUser, required — Object representing a given user entity.
          - `handle` string — The handle for this user account.
          - `icon` string — Gravatar icon associated to the user.
          - `id` integer — Numerical ID assigned by Datadog to this user account.
          - `name` string, nullable — The name for this user account.
          - `uuid` string, required — UUID assigned by Datadog to this user account.
        - `id` string, required — The unique ID of the security signal.
        - `incident_ids` integer[], required — Array of incidents that are associated with this signal.
        - `state` 'open' | 'archived' | 'under_review', required — The new triage state of the signal.
        - `state_update_timestamp` integer — Timestamp of the last state update.
        - `state_update_user` SecurityMonitoringTriageUser — Object representing a given user entity.
          - `handle` string — The handle for this user account.
          - `icon` string — Gravatar icon associated to the user.
          - `id` integer — Numerical ID assigned by Datadog to this user account.
          - `name` string, nullable — The name for this user account.
          - `uuid` string, required — UUID assigned by Datadog to this user account.
      - `id` string, required — The unique ID of the security signal.
  - `status` string, required — The status of the bulk operation.
  - `type` string, required — The type of the response.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Forbidden
- `429` — Too many requests

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