Update session

Update a session’s tags or metadata. Pass metadata: null to clear it.

Requires a secret key — a session public token cannot update a session. externalId is read-only after create: it cannot be changed or cleared. Sending a value different from the current one (including null when one is set) returns 422; sending the same value is accepted as a no-op.

PATCH /api/v1/sessions/{session}

Update a session

TypeScript

import { sessions } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";

const session = await sessions.update(chatId, {
  tags: ["priority"],
  metadata: { lastSeenBy: "support" },
});

200

{
  "id": "session_abc123",
  "type": "chat.agent",
  "taskIdentifier": "my-chat",
  "tags": [
    "chat:1234"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "externalId": "chat_1234",
  "triggerConfig": {
    "basePayload": {},
    "machine": "small-1x",
    "queue": "<string>",
    "tags": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "maxAttempts": 5,
    "maxDuration": 2,
    "lockToVersion": "20240523.1",
    "region": "<string>",
    "idleTimeoutInSeconds": 1800
  },
  "currentRunId": "run_def456",
  "metadata": {},
  "closedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "closedReason": "<string>",
  "expiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Use your project-specific Secret API key. Will start with tr_dev_, tr_prod, tr_stg, etc.

You can find your Secret API key in the API Keys section of your Trigger.dev project dashboard.

Our TypeScript SDK will default to using the value of the TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY environment variable if it is set. If you are using the SDK in a different environment, you can set the key using the configure function.

import { configure } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";

configure({ accessToken: "tr_dev_1234" });

Path Parameters

session · string · required

The session's friendly ID (session_…) or your externalId. The server disambiguates by the session_ prefix.

Body

application/json

Body for PATCH /api/v1/sessions/{session}. The whole body must be 32KB or smaller. Every field is optional; omitted fields are left unchanged.

tags · string[]

Replaces the tags on the session row.

Maximum array length: 10

Maximum string length: 128

metadata · object

Replaces the metadata. Pass null to clear it.

externalId · string | null

Read-only after create: cannot be changed or cleared. Sending a value different from the current one (including null when one is set) returns 422; sending the same value is idempotent.

Required string length: 1 - 256

Response

200

application/json

Session updated successfully

A session row.

id · string · required

The session's friendly ID, prefixed with session_.

Example:

"session_abc123"

type · string · required

The session type discriminator.

Example:

"chat.agent"

taskIdentifier · string · required

The task this session triggers runs against.

Example:

"my-chat"

tags · string[] · required

Tags on the session row.

Example:

["chat:1234"]

createdAt · string<date-time> · required

updatedAt · string<date-time> · required

externalId · string | null

Your stable identity for the session, if one was set.

Example:

"chat_1234"

triggerConfig · object

Trigger options applied to every run a session schedules. basePayload is the wire payload merged into each run; the remaining fields map onto the standard trigger options.

Show child attributes

currentRunId · string | null

Friendly ID of the live run for this session, if any. Prefixed with run_. Omitted on list rows.

Example:

"run_def456"

metadata · object

Arbitrary JSON metadata, or null if unset.

closedAt · string<date-time> | null

When the session was closed, or null if open.

closedReason · string | null

The optional reason recorded when the session was closed.

expiresAt · string<date-time> | null

The session's retention deadline, or null if none.