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title: Update a muting rule
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/workflow-automation/setup-and-configure/actions-catalog/newrelic/alerts/newrelic-alerts-update-muting-rule
---

The action identifier is `newrelic.alerts.updateMutingRule`.

Updates an existing muting rule. Every field except `accountId` and `id` is optional — only the fields you provide are changed.

## Inputs

The following table describes all available input fields for this action.

| Input                             | Type    | Description                                                                                                 | Example                                                                                                                                                                     |
| --------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **accountId**                     | Int     | **Required.** The New Relic account that owns the muting rule.                                              | `123456`                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **id**                            | String  | **Required.** The ID of the muting rule to update.                                                          | `"7654321"`                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **name**                          | String  | **Optional.** New name for the muting rule. Omit to leave unchanged.                                        | `"Deploy window - extended"`                                                                                                                                                |
| **enabled**                       | Boolean | **Optional.** Whether the muting rule is active. Set `false` to disable.                                    | `false`                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **condition**                     | Map     | **Optional.** New condition group. See `createMutingRule` for the field structure. Omit to leave unchanged. | `{"operator": "AND", "conditions": [{"attribute": "policyName", "operator": "EQUALS", "values": ["Checkout Service"]}]}`                                                    |
| **description**                   | String  | **Optional.** New description. Omit to leave unchanged.                                                     | `"Deploy window extended by 30 minutes."`                                                                                                                                   |
| **actionOnMutingRuleWindowEnded** | String  | **Optional.** Action on rule end or disable. One of `CLOSE_ISSUES_ON_INACTIVE` or `DO_NOTHING`.             | `"DO_NOTHING"`                                                                                                                                                              |
| **schedule**                      | Map     | **Optional.** New schedule. See `createMutingRule` for the field structure. Omit to leave unchanged.        | `{"startTime": "2026-09-01T02:00:00", "endTime": "2026-09-01T04:30:00", "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles", "repeat": "WEEKLY", "weeklyRepeatDays": ["SATURDAY", "SUNDAY"]}` |
| **selectors**                     | List    | **Optional.** JQ selectors to extract values from the response.                                             | ```yaml selectors:   - name: mutingRuleId     expression: ".data.alertsMutingRuleUpdate.id" ```                                                                             |

## Outputs

The following table describes all output fields returned by this action.

| Output           | Type    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **success**      | Boolean | `true` when the step executed without error.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **errorMessage** | String  | Error message on failure. `null` on success.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **data**         | Map     | NerdGraph response. Use `selectors` to extract `id`, `name`, `enabled`, `status`, or `accountId` from `data`. ```json {   "data": {     "alertsMutingRuleUpdate": {       "id": "7654321",       "name": "Deploy window - extended",       "enabled": false,       "status": "INACTIVE",       "accountId": 123456     }   } } ``` |

## Example

The following example disables a muting rule after a deploy window ends.

| Workflow example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ```yaml name: update_muting_rule description: Disable a muting rule steps:   - name: updateMutingRule     type: action     action: newrelic.alerts.updateMutingRule     version: 1     inputs:       accountId: ${{ .workflowInputs.accountId }}       id: ${{ .workflowInputs.mutingRuleId }}       enabled: false     next: end ``` |