> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://openlayer.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update a rule result > Update a rule result. ## OpenAPI ````yaml patch /rule-results/{ruleResultId} openapi: 3.0.3 info: contact: email: support@openlayer.com name: Openlayer url: https://openlayer.com/ description: API for interacting with the Openlayer server. title: Openlayer API version: '1.0' x-logo: url: https://logo.clearbit.com/openlayer.com servers: - url: https://api.openlayer.com/v1 description: Our prod backend security: - bearerAuth: [] paths: /rule-results/{ruleResultId}: patch: tags: - Governance summary: Update a rule result description: Update a rule result. operationId: updateRuleResult parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ruleResultId' requestBody: description: Only the fields you send are changed. required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: deactivated: 7d771e0d-0605-45f2-a448-d2de734955ef deactivatedReason: af213ac5-bed6-41c4-9d75-13a82eccd252 assigneeId: 9091bba1-8dc7-4650-af17-db4ce11b7db0 blockedBy: c66af096-d82f-4e85-8bb6-12355ab3fa34 blocking: 946a1cce-243e-4f47-a33a-52f3f2c9a40a responses: '200': description: Status OK. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RuleResult' default: $ref: '#/components/responses/UnexpectedError' x-codeSamples: - lang: python source: | from openlayer import Openlayer client = Openlayer() rule_result = client.governance.rule_results.update( "6f7a8b9c-0d1e-4f2a-8b3c-4d5e6f7a8b9c", deactivated=True, deactivated_reason="This project does not process personal data.", ) print(rule_result.deactivated) - lang: typescript source: > import Openlayer from 'openlayer'; const client = new Openlayer(); const ruleResult = await client.governance.ruleResults.update('6f7a8b9c-0d1e-4f2a-8b3c-4d5e6f7a8b9c', { deactivated: true, deactivatedReason: 'Not applicable to internal tools.', }); console.log(ruleResult.status); - lang: go source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"github.com/openlayer-ai/openlayer-go\"\n)\n\nclient := openlayer.NewClient()\nresult, err := client.Governance.RuleResults.Update(\n\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\"6f7a8b9c-0d1e-4f2a-8b3c-4d5e6f7a8b9c\",\n\topenlayer.GovernanceRuleResultUpdateParams{\n\t\tAssigneeID: openlayer.F(\"d4e5f6a7-b8c9-4d0e-8f1a-2b3c4d5e6f7a\"),\n\t},\n)\nif err != nil {\n\tpanic(err.Error())\n}\nfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", result.AssigneeID)\n" - lang: java source: > import com.openlayer.api.client.OpenlayerClient; import com.openlayer.api.client.okhttp.OpenlayerOkHttpClient; import com.openlayer.api.models.governance.ruleresults.RuleResultUpdateParams; import com.openlayer.api.models.governance.ruleresults.RuleResultUpdateResponse; OpenlayerClient client = OpenlayerOkHttpClient.fromEnv(); RuleResultUpdateParams params = RuleResultUpdateParams.builder() .ruleResultId("6f7a8b9c-0d1e-4f2a-8b3c-4d5e6f7a8b9c") .assigneeId("d4e5f6a7-b8c9-4d0e-8f1a-2b3c4d5e6f7a") .build(); RuleResultUpdateResponse ruleResult = client.governance().ruleResults().update(params); - lang: ruby source: | require "openlayer" openlayer = Openlayer::Client.new(api_key: ENV["OPENLAYER_API_KEY"]) rule_result = openlayer.governance.rule_results.update( "6f7a8b9c-0d1e-4f2a-8b3c-4d5e6f7a8b9c", deactivated: true, deactivated_reason: "Not applicable to this project." ) puts(rule_result) - lang: curl source: | curl --request PATCH \ --url https://api.openlayer.com/v1/rule-results/2c4e6a8b-1d3f-4b5c-9e7a-0f1b2c3d4e5f \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer ' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "deactivated": true, "deactivatedReason": "Not applicable to this project." }' components: parameters: ruleResultId: name: ruleResultId in: path description: The rule result id. required: true schema: type: string format: uuid schemas: RuleResult: type: object description: > The compliance status of one rule for one entity: a project for project-scoped rules, or the workspace for workspace-scoped rules. properties: id: type: string format: uuid readOnly: true description: The rule result id. example: 5b7d9f1a-2c3e-4d5f-8a6b-9c0d1e2f3a4b workspaceId: type: string format: uuid readOnly: true description: The id of the workspace the rule result belongs to. ruleId: type: string format: uuid readOnly: true description: The rule this result belongs to. projectId: type: string format: uuid nullable: true readOnly: true description: >- The project this result was evaluated for. `null` for workspace-scoped rules. status: type: string enum: - running - passing - failing - skipped - error - pending - due_soon description: > The compliance status of the rule for this entity. Computed by Openlayer and can't be set directly. example: passing statusMessage: type: string nullable: true description: A human-readable explanation of the status. dateLastEvaluated: type: string format: date-time nullable: true readOnly: true description: When the rule was last evaluated. Platform rules only. dateOfNextEvaluation: type: string format: date-time nullable: true readOnly: true description: When the rule will next be evaluated. Platform rules only. dateOfLatestEvidence: type: string format: date-time nullable: true readOnly: true description: >- When the most recent piece of evidence was attached. Evidence rules only. dateOfRenewal: type: string format: date-time nullable: true readOnly: true description: >- When the evidence must be renewed. Evidence rules with a renewal cadence only. deactivated: type: boolean default: false description: > Whether this result is excluded from compliance calculations. Excludes just this result, without deactivating the rule everywhere. deactivatedReason: type: string nullable: true description: >- Why the result was excluded. Required when setting `deactivated` to `true`. assigneeId: type: string format: uuid nullable: true description: The user responsible for this result. blockedBy: type: array default: [] description: Rule results that must pass before this one can be satisfied. items: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid status: c8d6dae9-615f-4f41-9ec2-c7ddf3c322a0 blocking: type: array default: [] description: Rule results that this one blocks. items: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid status: c8d6dae9-615f-4f41-9ec2-c7ddf3c322a0 dateCreated: type: string format: date-time readOnly: true description: The creation date. example: '2026-03-22T11:31:01.185Z' dateUpdated: type: string format: date-time readOnly: true description: The last update date. example: '2026-03-22T11:31:01.185Z' required: - id - workspaceId - ruleId - status - deactivated - dateCreated - dateUpdated responses: UnexpectedError: description: Unexpected error. content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - code - error properties: code: type: integer format: int32 error: type: string securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: > Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer `, where `` is your workspace API key. See [Find your API key](https://www.openlayer.com/docs/workspace-and-projects/find-your-api-key) for more information. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.