---
title: "Update A Suggested Risk"
method: PATCH
path: "/intake/submissions/{id}/suggested-risks/{suggestionId}"
tags: ["Intake Forms"]
---

# Update A Suggested Risk

`PATCH /intake/submissions/{id}/suggested-risks/{suggestionId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `/api` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/api/intake/submissions/{id}/suggested-risks/{suggestionId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Edits, accepts, dismisses or restores one suggested risk on a pending submission. Accepting requires a mitigation plan.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required
- `suggestionId` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `state` 'suggested' | 'accepted' | 'dismissed'
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `likelihood` 'Rare' | 'Unlikely' | 'Possible' | 'Likely' | 'Almost Certain'
  - `severity` 'Negligible' | 'Minor' | 'Moderate' | 'Major' | 'Catastrophic'
  - `mitigationPlan` string
  - `implementationStrategy` string
  - `deadline` string, date, nullable
  - `modelRiskCategory` 'Performance' | 'Bias & Fairness' | 'Security' | 'Data Quality' | 'Compliance'
  - `modelRiskLevel` 'Low' | 'Medium' | 'High' | 'Critical'

## Response `200`

The updated suggestion

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid field, nothing to update, or accepting without a mitigation plan
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Submission or suggestion not found
- `409`: Submission not pending
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-10-22** `6eef587db72c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/verifywise-ai/apis/verifywise-api/changes/intake/submissions/:id/suggested-risks/:suggestionId/patch.md)

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