> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://gcore.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update snapshot policy > Update the configuration of an existing snapshot policy. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/services_documented/cloud_api.yaml patch /cloud/v1/lifecycle_policy/{project_id}/{region_id}/{policy_id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Gcore OpenAPI – Cloud API description: >- This OpenAPI is an aggregated OpenAPI specification that unifies all Gcore products into a single file. It covers Cloud, CDN, DNS, WAAP, DDoS Protection, Object Storage, Streaming, and FastEdge services. version: '2026-05-11T15:10:30.328297+00:00' servers: - url: https://api.gcore.com security: - APIKey: [] tags: - name: Bare Metal x-displayName: Bare Metal - name: Container as a Service x-displayName: Container as a Service - name: Cost Reports x-displayName: Cost Reports - name: DDoS Protection x-displayName: DDoS Protection - name: Everywhere Inference x-displayName: Everywhere Inference - name: Everywhere Inference Apps x-displayName: Everywhere Inference Apps - name: File Shares x-displayName: File Shares - name: Floating IPs x-displayName: Floating IPs - name: Function as a Service x-displayName: Function as a Service - name: GPU Bare Metal x-displayName: GPU Bare Metal - name: GPU Virtual x-displayName: GPU Virtual - name: IP Ranges x-displayName: IP Ranges - name: Images x-displayName: Images - name: Instances x-displayName: Instances - name: Load Balancers x-displayName: Load Balancers - name: Logging x-displayName: Logging - name: Managed Kubernetes x-displayName: Managed Kubernetes - name: Managed PostgreSQL x-displayName: Managed PostgreSQL - name: Networks x-displayName: Networks - name: Placement Groups x-displayName: Placement Groups - name: Projects x-displayName: Projects - name: Quotas x-displayName: Quotas - name: Regions x-displayName: Regions - name: Registry x-displayName: Registry - name: Reservations x-displayName: Reservations - name: Reserved IPs x-displayName: Reserved IPs - name: Routers x-displayName: Routers - name: SSH Keys x-displayName: SSH Keys - name: Secrets x-displayName: Secrets - name: Security Groups x-displayName: Security Groups - name: Snapshot Schedules x-displayName: Snapshot Schedules - name: Snapshots x-displayName: Snapshots - name: Tasks x-displayName: Tasks - name: User Actions x-displayName: User Actions - name: User Role Assignments x-displayName: User Role Assignments - name: Volumes x-displayName: Volumes paths: /cloud/v1/lifecycle_policy/{project_id}/{region_id}/{policy_id}: patch: tags: - Snapshot Schedules summary: Update snapshot policy description: Update the configuration of an existing snapshot policy. operationId: PolicyViewSet.patch parameters: - in: path name: project_id required: true description: Project ID schema: description: Project ID example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Project Id type: integer - in: path name: region_id required: true description: Region ID schema: description: Region ID example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Region Id type: integer - in: path name: policy_id required: true description: Lifecycle policy ID. schema: description: Lifecycle policy ID. example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Policy Id type: integer requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateLifecyclePolicySerializer' responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecyclePolicySerializer' components: schemas: UpdateLifecyclePolicySerializer: properties: name: description: Name of the lifecycle policy. example: schedule_1 examples: - schedule_1 pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z 0-9._\-]{1,61}[a-zA-Z0-9._]$ title: Name type: string status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecyclePolicyStatusesEnum' description: Status of the lifecycle policy. examples: - paused title: UpdateLifecyclePolicySerializer type: object LifecyclePolicySerializer: properties: action: description: Action associated with the lifecycle policy. example: volume_snapshot examples: - volume_snapshot title: Action type: string id: description: Unique identifier for the policy. example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Id type: integer name: description: Name of the policy. example: schedule_1 examples: - schedule_1 title: Name type: string project_id: description: Project ID associated with the policy. example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Project Id type: integer region_id: description: Region ID where the policy is applied. example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Region Id type: integer schedules: description: List of schedules within the policy. example: - day_of_week: '*' hour: 0, 10, 20 id: 1488e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f max_quantity: 2 minute: '30' owner: lifecycle_policy owner_id: 1 resource_name_template: reserve snap of the volume {volume_id} type: cron user_id: 12 examples: - - day_of_week: '*' hour: 0, 10, 20 id: 1488e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f max_quantity: 2 minute: '30' owner: lifecycle_policy owner_id: 1 resource_name_template: reserve snap of the volume {volume_id} type: cron user_id: 12 items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScheduleSerializer' title: Schedules type: array status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecyclePolicyStatusesEnum' description: Status of the lifecycle policy. examples: - active user_id: description: User ID of the creator of the policy. example: 11 examples: - 11 title: User Id type: integer volumes: description: >- Data of volumes that should be reserved. Displayed only when the query parameter is specified. example: - volume_id: 3ed9e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f volume_name: test schedule examples: - - volume_id: 3ed9e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f volume_name: test schedule items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/VolumeDataForLifecyclePolicySerializer' title: Volumes type: array required: - action - id - name - project_id - region_id - schedules - status - user_id - volumes title: LifecyclePolicySerializer type: object LifecyclePolicyStatusesEnum: enum: - active - paused title: LifecyclePolicyStatusesEnum type: string ScheduleSerializer: discriminator: mapping: cron: $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetCronScheduleSerializer' interval: $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetIntervalScheduleSerializer' propertyName: type oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetCronScheduleSerializer' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetIntervalScheduleSerializer' title: ScheduleSerializer VolumeDataForLifecyclePolicySerializer: properties: volume_id: description: Unique identifier of the volume. example: 3ed9e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f examples: - 3ed9e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f title: Volume Id type: string volume_name: description: Name of the volume. example: Volume-1 examples: - Volume-1 title: Volume Name type: string required: - volume_id - volume_name title: VolumeDataForLifecyclePolicySerializer type: object GetCronScheduleSerializer: properties: day: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Day of the month (1-31, '*') or a comma-separated list of days examples: - '5' title: Day day_of_week: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: >- Weekday or a comma-separated list of weekdays (mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat,sun,*) examples: - mon,fri title: Day Of Week hour: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Hour (0-23, '*') or a comma-separated list of hours examples: - 0, 20 title: Hour id: description: Schedule ID example: 1488e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f examples: - 1488e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f title: Id type: string max_quantity: description: Number of stored resources. example: 2 examples: - 2 exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 10000 title: Max Quantity type: integer minute: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Minute (0-59, '*') or a comma-separated list of minutes examples: - '30' title: Minute month: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Month (1-12, '*') or a comma-separated list of months examples: - 1,6 title: Month owner: description: Schedule owner example: lifecycle_policy examples: - lifecycle_policy title: Owner type: string owner_id: description: Owner ID example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Owner Id type: integer resource_name_template: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Template for resource names examples: - reserve snap of the volume {volume_id} title: Resource Name Template retention_time: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RetentionTimeSerializer' - type: 'null' description: Time after which the resource will be deleted timezone: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: A pytz timezone. Defaults to UTC. examples: - UTC title: Timezone type: const: cron description: Schedule type example: cron examples: - cron title: Type type: string user_id: description: User ID example: 12 examples: - 12 title: User Id type: integer week: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: ISO week (1-53, '*') or a comma-separated list of weeks examples: - '1' title: Week required: - id - owner - owner_id - user_id - max_quantity - retention_time - type title: GetCronScheduleSerializer type: object GetIntervalScheduleSerializer: properties: days: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of days to wait examples: - 0 title: Days hours: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of hours to wait examples: - 2 title: Hours id: description: Schedule ID example: 1488e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f examples: - 1488e2ce-f906-47fb-ba32-c25a3f63df4f title: Id type: string max_quantity: description: Number of stored resources. example: 2 examples: - 2 exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 10000 title: Max Quantity type: integer minutes: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of minutes to wait examples: - 1 title: Minutes owner: description: Schedule owner example: lifecycle_policy examples: - lifecycle_policy title: Owner type: string owner_id: description: Owner ID example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Owner Id type: integer resource_name_template: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Template for resource names examples: - reserve snap of the volume {volume_id} title: Resource Name Template retention_time: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RetentionTimeSerializer' - type: 'null' description: Time after which the resource will be deleted type: const: interval description: Schedule type example: interval examples: - interval title: Type type: string user_id: description: User ID example: 12 examples: - 12 title: User Id type: integer weeks: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of weeks to wait examples: - 0 title: Weeks required: - id - owner - owner_id - user_id - max_quantity - retention_time - type title: GetIntervalScheduleSerializer type: object RetentionTimeSerializer: properties: days: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of days to wait examples: - 0 title: Days hours: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of hours to wait examples: - 2 title: Hours minutes: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of minutes to wait examples: - 1 title: Minutes weeks: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Number of weeks to wait examples: - 0 title: Weeks title: RetentionTimeSerializer type: object securitySchemes: APIKey: description: >- API key for authentication. 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