# UpdateFailureModeFinding
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Updates an existing finding.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /v2/update-failure-mode-finding HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "comment": "{{string}}",
   "findingId": "{{string}}",
   "serviceArn": "{{string}}",
   "status": "{{string}}"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [comment](#API_UpdateFailureModeFinding_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="ngresiliencehub-UpdateFailureModeFinding-request-comment"></a>
A comment about the finding update.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 2048.  
Required: No

 ** [findingId](#API_UpdateFailureModeFinding_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="ngresiliencehub-UpdateFailureModeFinding-request-findingId"></a>
The identifier of the finding to update.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.  
Pattern: `[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[089ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}`   
Required: Yes

 ** [serviceArn](#API_UpdateFailureModeFinding_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="ngresiliencehub-UpdateFailureModeFinding-request-serviceArn"></a>
ARN identifier.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 31.  
Pattern: `arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-iso|aws-iso-[a-z]{1}|aws-us-gov):[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_/.-]{0,62}:([a-z]{2}-((iso[a-z]{0,1}-)|(gov-)){0,1}[a-z]+-[0-9]):[0-9]{12}:[A-Za-z0-9/][A-Za-z0-9:_/+.-]{0,1023}`   
Required: Yes

 ** [status](#API_UpdateFailureModeFinding_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="ngresiliencehub-UpdateFailureModeFinding-request-status"></a>
The new status for the finding.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `OPEN | RESOLVED | IRRELEVANT`   
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "finding": { 
      "comment": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "failureCategory": "string",
      "findingId": "string",
      "infrastructureAndCodeRecommendations": [ 
         { 
            "suggestedChanges": [ "string" ]
         }
      ],
      "name": "string",
      "observabilityRecommendations": [ 
         { 
            "suggestedChanges": [ "string" ]
         }
      ],
      "policyComponent": "string",
      "reasoning": "string",
      "serviceFunctions": [ "string" ],
      "severity": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "testingRecommendations": [ 
         { 
            "suggestedChanges": [ "string" ]
         }
      ],
      "updatedAt": number
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [finding](#API_UpdateFailureModeFinding_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="ngresiliencehub-UpdateFailureModeFinding-response-finding"></a>
The updated finding.  
Type: [Finding](API_Finding.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
Access denied — caller lacks required permissions.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
Conflict — resource already exists.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
Internal service error.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
Resource not found.    
 ** resourceId **   
The identifier of the resource that was not found.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource that was not found.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ValidationException **   
Validation error — invalid input parameters.    
 ** fieldList **   
The list of fields that failed validation.  
 ** reason **   
The reason for the validation failure.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/resiliencehubv2-2026-02-17/UpdateFailureModeFinding)