> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.qa.tech/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update issue status

> Ignores or reopens an issue, the same as the Ignore and Reopen actions in the dashboard. Set `status` to `IGNORED` to dismiss an issue you have triaged or consider a false positive, or `ACTIVE` to put it back in the default list.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/api.json patch /v1/issues/{shortId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: QA.tech API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: QA.tech
    url: https://qa.tech
    email: support@qa.tech
  description: API for triggering and managing AI-powered test runs
servers:
  - url: https://api.qa.tech
    description: Production
    variables: {}
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Runs
  - name: Infrastructure
  - name: Test Cases
  - name: Application Builds
  - name: Status badge
  - name: Remote Tunnels
  - name: Chat
  - name: Applications
  - name: Features
  - name: Metrics
  - name: Projects
  - name: Knowledge
  - name: Rules
  - name: Labels
  - name: Issues
  - name: Todos
  - name: Automations
  - name: Test plans
paths:
  /v1/issues/{shortId}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - Issues
      summary: Update issue status
      description: >-
        Ignores or reopens an issue, the same as the Ignore and Reopen actions
        in the dashboard. Set `status` to `IGNORED` to dismiss an issue you have
        triaged or consider a false positive, or `ACTIVE` to put it back in the
        default list.
      operationId: UpdateIssue
      parameters:
        - name: shortId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateIssueRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateIssueResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    UpdateIssueRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - ACTIVE
            - IGNORED
        projectShortId:
          allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectShortId'
          description: >-
            Target a specific project by its prefixed short ID
            (proj-slug_shortId or proj_shortId), as returned by the projects
            API. Required for organization-scoped API keys; project-scoped keys
            may only pass their own project's short ID.
      description: >-
        Change an issue's status. `IGNORED` dismisses the issue so it stops
        appearing in the default `ACTIVE` list; `ACTIVE` reopens it.
    UpdateIssueResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - issue
      properties:
        issue:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/IssueListItem'
    ProjectShortId:
      type: string
      pattern: ^proj(-.+_.+|_.+)$
    IssueListItem:
      type: object
      required:
        - shortId
        - title
        - description
        - severity
        - status
        - issueType
        - helpUrl
        - createdAt
        - lastOccurredAt
        - url
      properties:
        shortId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Stable short ID. Pass to `get_issue` for full detail, or open `url`
            in the dashboard.
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        severity:
          type: string
          description: >-
            `MINOR`, `MAJOR`, or `CRITICAL`. Higher severity sorts first when
            occurrence times tie.
        status:
          type: string
          description: '`ACTIVE` or `IGNORED`.'
        issueType:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The category of the issue, e.g. `ACCESSIBILITY`, `CONSOLE`,
            `HOSTING`, or `FAILED_TEST`.
        helpUrl:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Link to remediation guidance for the issue, when available.
        createdAt:
          type: string
          description: When the issue was first detected.
        lastOccurredAt:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            When the issue was most recently detected. `null` if it has not been
            recomputed since creation.
        url:
          type: string
          description: Deep link to the issue in the QA.tech dashboard.
      description: >-
        An issue QA.tech has found in the project, deduplicated across the runs
        where it recurs.
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: Bearer

````

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