---
title: "Update a recurring template's status or schedule"
method: PATCH
path: "/invoice-recurring/{template_id}"
tags: ["Invoicing"]
---

# Update a recurring template's status or schedule

`PATCH /invoice-recurring/{template_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.app.lastaccountingcompany.com/portal`
- URL: `https://api.app.lastaccountingcompany.com/portal/invoice-recurring/{template_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api/docs/invoice-recurring/:template_id/patch.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Partially updates a recurring invoice template — rename it, pause/resume/ archive it, or change its cadence and next issue date. Requires a write-scoped key.

## Path parameters

- `template_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `customer_id` string: Target company. Optional for API keys.
  - `name` string
  - `status` 'active' | 'paused' | 'archived'
  - `cadence_months` integer: Months between issues.
  - `next_issue_date` string: Next issue date, `YYYY-MM-DD`.

## Response `200`

Updated template.

- object

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid bearer token.
- `403`: Insufficient scope or role — e.g. a read-scoped key on a mutating method, or an API key on an admin/approver-only endpoint.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/lastaccountingcompany/apis/lac-customer-api/revisions/52e277b4f031?raw)