Update a milestone
Milestones mark dated checkpoints in a project. Update a milestone. Send only the keys you want to change. Omitted keys keep their current value, and an explicit null clears a nullable field.
Path parameters
slug:requiredstringThe workspace slug. It appears in your Plane URLs. In https://app.plane.so/my-team/projects/, the slug is my-team.
project_id:requiredstringThe project the resource belongs to. Accepts the project UUID or its bare identifier, for example ENG.
pk:requiredstring (uuid)The milestone id.
Body parameters
external_id:optionalstringYour system's identifier for this record, for sync and import correlation.
Maximum 255 characters. Nullable.
external_source:optionalstringThe system external_id came from, for example github or jira.
Maximum 255 characters. Nullable.
target_date:optionalstring (date)Planned due date, as YYYY-MM-DD.
Nullable.
title:optionalstringThe milestone's title.
Maximum 255 characters.
Response shaping
fields:optionalstringComma-separated list of fields to return. Fields you don't request are left out of the response instead of coming back as null. id is always included. Pass all to get every requestable field. An unknown field name returns 400. See Sparse fields.
Requestable here: archived_at, created_at, created_by_id, external_id, external_source, id, target_date, title, updated_at, updated_by_id.
Scopes
projects.milestones:write
Errors
| Status | Code | Cause |
|---|---|---|
400 | invalid_request | The request body or a query parameter failed validation. |
401 | unauthorized | Missing or invalid credentials. |
402 | payment_required | The feature this endpoint belongs to isn't enabled on your plan or is switched off. |
403 | forbidden | Your role or token scope doesn't allow this. |
404 | not_found | No such resource, or it's outside your tenant. |
406 | not_acceptable | The Accept header asks for a representation the API can't produce. |
409 | conflict | A business rule blocks the write. |
413 | payload_too_large | The request body is over the size limit. |
415 | unsupported_media_type | The Content-Type isn't one this endpoint accepts. |
429 | rate_limited | Throttled. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. |
curl -X PATCH \
"https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/milestones/9c1f0b3d-6d2e-4c9a-8b41-2f7e5a0d6c88/" \
-H "X-Api-Key: $PLANE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"external_id": null,
"external_source": null,
"target_date": "2026-01-20"
}'import requests
response = requests.patch(
"https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/milestones/9c1f0b3d-6d2e-4c9a-8b41-2f7e5a0d6c88/",
headers={"X-Api-Key": "your-api-key"},
json={
"external_id": None,
"external_source": None,
"target_date": "2026-01-20"
},
)
print(response.json())const response = await fetch(
"https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/milestones/9c1f0b3d-6d2e-4c9a-8b41-2f7e5a0d6c88/",
{
method: "PATCH",
headers: {
"X-Api-Key": "your-api-key",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
external_id: null,
external_source: null,
target_date: "2026-01-20",
}),
},
);
const data = await response.json();{
"archived_at": null,
"created_at": "2026-01-14T09:22:41.478363Z",
"updated_at": "2026-02-03T16:45:12.904117Z",
"created_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"updated_by_id": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
"external_id": null,
"external_source": null,
"id": "b7e42a19-3c5d-4f80-9a26-8d1c0f4e7b53",
"target_date": "2026-01-20",
"title": "Example title"
}{
"type": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"detail": "No milestone matches the given query."
}
