---
title: "Update the active status of a rule."
method: PUT
path: "/recording-rules"
tags: ["recording_rules", "enterprise"]
---

# Update the active status of a rule.

`PUT /recording-rules`

## Request

- Base URL: `/api` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/api/recording-rules`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in header `Authorization`

## Request body

- RecordingRuleJSON: RecordingRuleJSON is the external representation of a recording rule
  - `active` boolean
  - `count` boolean
  - `description` string
  - `dest_data_source_uid` string
  - `id` string
  - `interval` integer
  - `name` string
  - `prom_name` string
  - `queries` object[]
  - `range` integer
  - `target_ref_id` string

## Response `200`

(empty)

- RecordingRuleJSON: RecordingRuleJSON is the external representation of a recording rule
  - `active` boolean
  - `count` boolean
  - `description` string
  - `dest_data_source_uid` string
  - `id` string
  - `interval` integer
  - `name` string
  - `prom_name` string
  - `queries` object[]
  - `range` integer
  - `target_ref_id` string

## Other responses

- `401`: UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403`: ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `404`: NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.
- `500`: InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

---

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