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Update an ingestion key

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PATCH https://app.honeybadger.io/v3/projects/{project_id}/ingestion_keys/{ingestion_key_id}
Required scope projects:write

Updates a key’s label. The key itself can’t be changed.

Example request
Terminal window
curl -X PATCH "https://app.honeybadger.io/v3/projects/$PROJECT_ID/ingestion_keys/$INGESTION_KEY_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $HONEYBADGER_API_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"label": "Staging"
}'

Parameters

2

Path parameters

FieldTypeDescription
project_id requiredstringProject ID.
ingestion_key_id requiredstringKey ID.

Request body

FieldTypeDescription
labelstring | nullOptional human-readable name.

Responses

1

200 Success

Example payload
{
"data": {
"id": "Kp7mZq2x",
"project_id": "Xk9mZp",
"key": "hbp_aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ012345aB12Cd",
"label": "CI",
"created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "6f1c2b0e-8d4a-4f6e-9b2a-3c5d7e9f1a2b"
}
}
Response schema8
FieldTypeDescription
data requiredobjectThe key your app uses to send data to Honeybadger, set as ingestion_key in the client's config (api_key in older clients). It can't authenticate to this API; use an API token for that.
data.id requiredstringIdentifier for this key. Use it in paths.
data.project_id requiredstringIdentifier of the project the key belongs to.
data.key requiredstringThe Ingestion Key value a notifier sends. Returned in full: unlike an API Token, it's meant to ship with your application.
data.label requiredstring | nullOptional human-readable name.
data.created_at requireddate-timeWhen the key was created.
metaobject
meta.request_idstringUnique identifier for the request, for correlating with support.

Errors

4

401 Unauthorized

The credential is missing, invalid, expired or revoked (unauthorized), or was sent in a way v3 doesn’t accept (see the examples).

Example payload: unauthorized (Missing, malformed, expired or revoked credential)
{
"error": {
"code": "unauthorized",
"message": "Access denied"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Example payload: unsupported_auth_scheme (Sent as HTTP basic, which v3 does not accept)
{
"error": {
"code": "unsupported_auth_scheme",
"message": "Send the credential as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`; v3 does not accept HTTP basic"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Example payload: credential_in_query (Sent as the `auth_token` query parameter)
{
"error": {
"code": "credential_in_query",
"message": "Credentials must be sent in the Authorization header"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Response schema6
FieldTypeDescription
error requiredobject
error.code requiredstringMachine-readable code. Branch on this, not the message. Allowed values: unauthorized, unsupported_auth_scheme, credential_in_query, access_denied, insufficient_scope, requires_user_token, project_restricted, account_inactive, account_parked, feature_unavailable, not_found, validation_error, delete_failed, limit_reached, rate_limit_exceeded, concurrent_request, streams_provisioning, ingestion_key_not_accepted, maintenance_mode, invalid_parameter, forbidden_attributes, service_unavailable, ambiguous_account, fault_merged.
error.message requiredstringHuman-readable explanation.
error.detailsarray<object> | objectA list of {field, message} on validation_error and invalid_parameter, and on feature_unavailable or limit_reached when one field caused the refusal; {required_scope, token_scopes} on insufficient_scope; {merged_into, location} on fault_merged. Absent when there's nothing to add.
metaobject
meta.request_idstringUnique identifier for the request, for correlating with support.

403 Forbidden

The credential isn’t allowed to do this. error.code says why. An account or project the credential doesn’t cover is 404 not_found, not 403.

Example payload: access_denied (The credential isn't allowed to do this to this record)
{
"error": {
"code": "access_denied",
"message": "Access denied"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Example payload: insufficient_scope (The credential lacks the permission this endpoint requires)
{
"error": {
"code": "insufficient_scope",
"message": "Insufficient scope",
"details": {
"required_scope": "faults:write",
"token_scopes": [
"faults:read",
"insights:read"
]
}
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Example payload: requires_user_token (The endpoint records who acted, and an account token has nobody)
{
"error": {
"code": "requires_user_token",
"message": "This endpoint records the person who acted, so it requires a user credential rather than an account token"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Example payload: project_restricted (A project-restricted credential cannot create a project)
{
"error": {
"code": "project_restricted",
"message": "Project-restricted tokens cannot create projects"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Response schema6
FieldTypeDescription
error requiredobject
error.code requiredstringMachine-readable code. Branch on this, not the message. Allowed values: unauthorized, unsupported_auth_scheme, credential_in_query, access_denied, insufficient_scope, requires_user_token, project_restricted, account_inactive, account_parked, feature_unavailable, not_found, validation_error, delete_failed, limit_reached, rate_limit_exceeded, concurrent_request, streams_provisioning, ingestion_key_not_accepted, maintenance_mode, invalid_parameter, forbidden_attributes, service_unavailable, ambiguous_account, fault_merged.
error.message requiredstringHuman-readable explanation.
error.detailsarray<object> | objectA list of {field, message} on validation_error and invalid_parameter, and on feature_unavailable or limit_reached when one field caused the refusal; {required_scope, token_scopes} on insufficient_scope; {merged_into, location} on fault_merged. Absent when there's nothing to add.
metaobject
meta.request_idstringUnique identifier for the request, for correlating with support.

404 Not Found

Resource not found

Example payload
{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "Resource not found"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Response schema6
FieldTypeDescription
error requiredobject
error.code requiredstringMachine-readable code. Branch on this, not the message. Allowed values: unauthorized, unsupported_auth_scheme, credential_in_query, access_denied, insufficient_scope, requires_user_token, project_restricted, account_inactive, account_parked, feature_unavailable, not_found, validation_error, delete_failed, limit_reached, rate_limit_exceeded, concurrent_request, streams_provisioning, ingestion_key_not_accepted, maintenance_mode, invalid_parameter, forbidden_attributes, service_unavailable, ambiguous_account, fault_merged.
error.message requiredstringHuman-readable explanation.
error.detailsarray<object> | objectA list of {field, message} on validation_error and invalid_parameter, and on feature_unavailable or limit_reached when one field caused the refusal; {required_scope, token_scopes} on insufficient_scope; {merged_into, location} on fault_merged. Absent when there's nothing to add.
metaobject
meta.request_idstringUnique identifier for the request, for correlating with support.

422 Unprocessable Content

Validation error

Example payload
{
"error": {
"code": "validation_error",
"message": "Name can't be blank",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "can't be blank"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "abc123"
}
}
Response schema6
FieldTypeDescription
error requiredobject
error.code requiredstringMachine-readable code. Branch on this, not the message. Allowed values: unauthorized, unsupported_auth_scheme, credential_in_query, access_denied, insufficient_scope, requires_user_token, project_restricted, account_inactive, account_parked, feature_unavailable, not_found, validation_error, delete_failed, limit_reached, rate_limit_exceeded, concurrent_request, streams_provisioning, ingestion_key_not_accepted, maintenance_mode, invalid_parameter, forbidden_attributes, service_unavailable, ambiguous_account, fault_merged.
error.message requiredstringHuman-readable explanation.
error.detailsarray<object> | objectA list of {field, message} on validation_error and invalid_parameter, and on feature_unavailable or limit_reached when one field caused the refusal; {required_scope, token_scopes} on insufficient_scope; {merged_into, location} on fault_merged. Absent when there's nothing to add.
metaobject
meta.request_idstringUnique identifier for the request, for correlating with support.