Update a muting rule | New Relic Documentation

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.

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.	`selectors: - name: mutingRuleId expression: ".data.alertsMutingRuleUpdate.id"`

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`. `{ "data": { "alertsMutingRuleUpdate": { "id": "7654321", "name": "Deploy window - extended", "enabled": false, "status": "INACTIVE", "accountId": 123456 } } }`

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

Workflow example
`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`

Workflow example

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