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id: workflow-alias-update
title: Repoint an alias
description: Points the alias at another existing revision. Idempotent.
sidebar_label: Repoint an alias
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  children={"Repoint an alias"}
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<MethodEndpoint
  method={"put"}
  path={"/workflows/definitions/{id}/aliases/{alias}"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>

</MethodEndpoint>

Points the alias at another existing revision. Idempotent.

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  id={"request"}
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<ParamsDetails
  parameters={[{"in":"path","name":"id","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string"},"description":"Workflow reference: a server-minted id (`wf_...`) or the workflow's client-chosen key (lowercase slug, unique per organization).","example":"wf_ifWBbWfpug0n"},{"in":"path","name":"alias","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string"},"description":"The alias name. `latest` is reserved and auto-maintained.","example":"live"}]}
>

</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  title={"Body"}
  body={{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","required":["revision"],"properties":{"revision":{"type":"integer","example":4}}}}}}}
>

</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
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  responses={{"200":{"description":"The updated alias.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"title":"Alias","type":"object","required":["workflowId","name","revision","active","updatedAt"],"properties":{"workflowId":{"type":"string","example":"wf_ifWBbWfpug0n"},"name":{"type":"string","example":"live"},"revision":{"type":"integer","example":3},"active":{"type":"boolean","description":"Whether the alias's triggers are activated."},"updatedAt":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"updatedBy":{"type":"string"},"metadata":{"type":"object"},"triggerStates":{"type":"object","description":"Map of trigger id to its activation state.","additionalProperties":{"title":"TriggerState","type":"object","properties":{"status":{"type":"string","enum":["pending","live","failed","inactive"]},"activatedAt":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"deactivatedAt":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"lastError":{"type":"object","properties":{"message":{"type":"string"},"code":{"type":"string"}}},"runtimeMetadata":{"type":"object","description":"Runtime data such as the trigger's `webhookUrl`.","properties":{"webhookUrl":{"type":"string"}},"additionalProperties":true}}}}}}}}},"4XX":{"description":"Client error. The body says what went wrong: an error `type`, a human-readable `detail`, and, on validation failures, one entry per offending field.","content":{"application/problem+json":{"schema":{"title":"Problem","type":"object","description":"The standard error body (RFC 7807 problem details, served as `application/problem+json`).","properties":{"type":{"type":"string","description":"Error type URI, e.g. `https://workflow-system.dev/errors/workflow-not-found`.","example":"https://workflow-system.dev/errors/workflow-not-found"},"title":{"type":"string","example":"Not found"},"status":{"type":"integer","example":404},"detail":{"type":"string","example":"No workflow with id wf_ifWBbWfpug0n exists"},"instance":{"type":"string","example":"/workflows/definitions/wf_ifWBbWfpug0n"},"errors":{"type":"array","description":"Present on validation failures: one entry per offending field.","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"path":{"type":"string","example":"/steps/scan/config"},"message":{"type":"string","example":"must have required property 'code'"}}}}}}}}},"5XX":{"description":"Unexpected server error.","content":{"application/problem+json":{"schema":{"title":"Problem","type":"object","description":"The standard error body (RFC 7807 problem details, served as `application/problem+json`).","properties":{"type":{"type":"string","description":"Error type URI, e.g. `https://workflow-system.dev/errors/workflow-not-found`.","example":"https://workflow-system.dev/errors/workflow-not-found"},"title":{"type":"string","example":"Not found"},"status":{"type":"integer","example":404},"detail":{"type":"string","example":"No workflow with id wf_ifWBbWfpug0n exists"},"instance":{"type":"string","example":"/workflows/definitions/wf_ifWBbWfpug0n"},"errors":{"type":"array","description":"Present on validation failures: one entry per offending field.","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"path":{"type":"string","example":"/steps/scan/config"},"message":{"type":"string","example":"must have required property 'code'"}}}}}}}}}}}
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