AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . devops-agent ]

update-approval-action

Description

Updates an approval request with the terminal decision (APPROVED or REJECTED). A single operation handles both verbs via the action enum.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  update-approval-action
--agent-space-id <value>
--approval-id <value>
--action <value>
[--final-pattern <value>]
[--reason <value>]
[--ttl-seconds <value>]
[--single-use | --no-single-use]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
[--cli-error-format <value>]

Options

--agent-space-id (string) [required]

The agent space identifier — multi-tenant workspace scope. Bound from the request URI.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 2048

--approval-id (string) [required]

Identifier of the approval request being resolved. A UUID. Bound from the request URI.

Constraints:

  • pattern: [0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-7[0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}

--action (string) [required]

The action to take on the approval request — APPROVED or REJECTED.

Possible values:

  • APPROVED
  • REJECTED

--final-pattern (structure)

The finalized pattern (tool + argumentPins) that scopes the approval. Required when action is APPROVED; must be absent when action is REJECTED. The pattern narrows, and must not widen, the invocation originally requested by the agent. This cross-field invariant is enforced by service-side validation.

tool -> (string) [required]

Identifier of the tool the pattern applies to (e.g. use_aws for AWS actions, or a third-party tool name).

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 256

argumentPins -> (map) [required]

Argument constraints that narrow which tool invocations the pattern matches. For AWS tools, the map must include operation (the IAM action, e.g. ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress) and resource_arn (the resource ARN or ARN glob); additional narrowing arguments go in further pin keys. The same {tool, argumentPins} shape is used uniformly for AWS and third-party tools, with tool-specific keys for third-party tools. Requests whose argument pins are collectively too large are rejected with a ValidationException.

Constraints:

  • min: 0
  • max: 20

key -> (string)

Argument pin key in an ApprovalPattern (e.g. operation, resource_arn).

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 128

value -> (string)

Argument pin value in an ApprovalPattern.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 131072

Shorthand Syntax:

tool=string,argumentPins={KeyName1=string,KeyName2=string}

JSON Syntax:

{
  "tool": "string",
  "argumentPins": {"string": "string"
    ...}
}

--reason (string)

Optional free-text rationale for the decision. Permitted when action is REJECTED; ignored when action is APPROVED.

Constraints:

  • min: 0
  • max: 1024

--ttl-seconds (integer)

Approval lifetime in seconds, starting from when the decision is submitted. Required when action is APPROVED AND singleUse is false; must be absent when action is REJECTED or when singleUse is true (a single-use approval backs one executed action and the redemption window collapses). Cross-field invariants are enforced by service-side validation; the @range bound here is the operation-boundary check that always applies (a maximum of 4 hours).

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 14400

--single-use | --no-single-use (boolean)

Whether the approved action backs a single executed tool call (true) or is reusable within ttlSeconds (false). Required when action is APPROVED; must be absent when action is REJECTED. When true, ttlSeconds must be absent (the redemption window collapses to the single use). When false, ttlSeconds is required and bounds the reuse window. Cross-field invariants are enforced by service-side validation.

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table
  • yaml
  • yaml-stream
  • off

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64
  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--cli-error-format (string)

The formatting style for error output. By default, errors are displayed in enhanced format.

  • legacy
  • json
  • yaml
  • text
  • table
  • enhanced

Output

approvalId -> (string)

Identifier of the approval request that was resolved. Echoed back so the client can correlate the response with the request.

Constraints:

  • pattern: [0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-7[0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}

status -> (string)

Lifecycle status of the approval request immediately after submission. Expected post-submission states are APPROVED (when the action is APPROVED) or REJECTED (when the action is REJECTED); PENDING is not returned from this operation, and REVOKED and REDEEMED are reachable only via subsequent reads.

Possible values:

  • PENDING
  • APPROVED
  • REJECTED
  • REVOKED
  • REDEEMED

expiresAt -> (timestamp)

Absolute timestamp at which the approval expires. Set when status is APPROVED (computed as the submission time plus ttlSeconds); absent when status is REJECTED.
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