[role="xpack"]
[[ml-update-snapshot]]
=== Update Model Snapshots API
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<titleabbrev>Update Model Snapshots</titleabbrev>
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This API enables you to update certain properties of a snapshot.

==== Request

`POST _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/<job_id>/model_snapshots/<snapshot_id>/_update`


//==== Description

==== Path Parameters

`job_id` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the job

`snapshot_id` (required)::
  (string) Identifier for the model snapshot

==== Request Body

The following properties can be updated after the model snapshot is created:

`description`::
  (string) An optional description of the model snapshot. For example,
  "Before black friday".

`retain`::
  (boolean) If true, this snapshot will not be deleted during automatic cleanup
  of snapshots older than `model_snapshot_retention_days`.
  Note that this snapshot will still be deleted when the job is deleted.
  The default value is false.


==== Authorization

You must have `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see
{xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
//<<privileges-list-cluster>>.


==== Examples

The following example updates the snapshot identified as `1491852978`:

[source,js]
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POST
_xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/it_ops_new_logs/model_snapshots/1491852978/_update
{
  "description": "Snapshot 1",
  "retain": true
}
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[skip:todo]

When the snapshot is updated, you receive the following results:
[source,js]
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{
  "acknowledged": true,
  "model": {
    "job_id": "it_ops_new_logs",
    "timestamp": 1491852978000,
    "description": "Snapshot 1",
...
    "retain": true
  }
}
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