Update a workflow state

PATCH/api/v2/workspaces/{slug}/projects/{project_id}/workflows/{workflow_id}/states/{pk}/

Workflow states are the states attached to a project workflow. Update a workflow state. 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:requiredstring

The workspace slug. It appears in your Plane URLs. In https://app.plane.so/my-team/projects/, the slug is my-team.

project_id:requiredstring

The project the resource belongs to. Accepts the project UUID or its bare identifier, for example ENG.

workflow_id:requiredstring (uuid)

The workflow the resource belongs to.

pk:requiredstring (uuid)

The workflow state id.

Body parameters

allow_issue_creation:optionalboolean

Whether work items can be created in this state.

is_default:optionalboolean

Make this the default for its parent. Setting it clears the flag on the previous default.

type:optionalstring

How the state behaves in the workflow. One of transition or approval. Any other value returns 400.

Response shaping

fields:optionalstring

Comma-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: allow_issue_creation, created_at, created_by_id, id, is_default, state_id, type, updated_at, updated_by_id, workflow_id.

Scopes

projects.workflows: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 Workflows feature isn't on your plan, or is turned 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	governance_migration_in_progress	A governance migration is running in this workspace, so writes are paused. Retry after it finishes.
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.

Update a workflow state

curl -X PATCH \
  "https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/workflows/9c1f0b3d-6d2e-4c9a-8b41-2f7e5a0d6c88/states/8f4c2b1e-0d3a-4f7b-9c21-6e5a8b7d4f13/" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $PLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "allow_issue_creation": false,
  "is_default": false,
  "type": "transition"
}'

import requests

response = requests.patch(
    "https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/workflows/9c1f0b3d-6d2e-4c9a-8b41-2f7e5a0d6c88/states/8f4c2b1e-0d3a-4f7b-9c21-6e5a8b7d4f13/",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": "your-api-key"},
    json={
        "allow_issue_creation": False,
        "is_default": False,
        "type": "transition"
    },
)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.plane.so/api/v2/workspaces/my-team/projects/4af68566-94a4-4eb3-94aa-50dc9427067b/workflows/9c1f0b3d-6d2e-4c9a-8b41-2f7e5a0d6c88/states/8f4c2b1e-0d3a-4f7b-9c21-6e5a8b7d4f13/",
  {
    method: "PATCH",
    headers: {
      "X-Api-Key": "your-api-key",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      allow_issue_creation: false,
      is_default: false,
      type: "transition",
    }),
  },
);
const data = await response.json();

Response200

{
  "allow_issue_creation": false,
  "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",
  "id": "b7e42a19-3c5d-4f80-9a26-8d1c0f4e7b53",
  "is_default": false,
  "state_id": "f960d3c2-8524-4a41-b8eb-055ce4be2a7f",
  "type": "transition",
  "workflow_id": "f960d3c2-8524-4a41-b8eb-055ce4be2a7f"
}

Response404

{
  "type": "not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "detail": "No workflow state matches the given query."
}