# Decline Patches

Declines one or more patches for the specified custom group(s) and customers, with each patch requiring a reasonId and remarks. The API does not support the Linux platform; therefore, Linux patches were automatically excluded.

## Endpoint

`PUT /dcapi/patch/settings/declinePatch/declinePatches`

## Request

### Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/patch/settings/declinePatch/declinePatches`

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.PatchMgmt.UPDATE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

- **Content-Type** `string` — **Mandatory**: `application/declinePatches.v1+json`
- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**: `application/declinePatches.v1+json`

#### Request Body

`application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **patches** `JSON Array` — Optional  
    List of patch objects to decline. Each object contains patch ID, reason ID and remarks.
  - **customGroupID** `JSON Array` — Optional  
    List of custom group resource IDs to decline patches for. Cannot be empty.

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/patch/settings/declinePatch/declinePatches \
  --header 'Accept: application/declinePatches.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/declinePatches.v1+json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Sample Request Body

#### Decline a single patch for one custom group

```json
{
  "patches": [
    {
      "reasonId": "1",
      "id": "110001",
      "remarks": "Vendor reported crash on reboot"
    }
  ],
  "customGroupID": [
    "301"
  ]
}
```

#### Decline multiple patches with different reasons for multiple custom groups

```json
{
  "patches": [
    {
      "reasonId": "1",
      "id": "110001",
      "remarks": "Vendor-reported patch issue causing BSOD"
    },
    {
      "reasonId": "3",
      "id": "110002",
      "remarks": "Conflicts with in-house CRM application v4.2"
    },
    {
      "reasonId": "5",
      "id": "110003",
      "remarks": "Awaiting approval from change advisory board"
    }
  ],
  "customGroupID": [
    "501",
    "502"
  ]
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **status** `string`  
    Operation result: `'success'` when patches are declined successfully
  - **message** `string`  
    Localized success message

### HTTP Code 400

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `string`  
    Validation error code: `INSUFFICIENT_DATA` = missing required fields, `INVALID_DATA` = invalid format or business rule violation (for example, All Computers mixed with other groups, non-numeric id/reasonId)
  - **errorMessage** `string`  
    Detailed message describing the specific validation failure

### HTTP Code 401

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`  
    Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (authentication = required)
  - **errorMsg** `string`  
    Authentication failure reason

### HTTP Code 403

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `string`  
    Authorization error code: `UAC_UNAUTHORIZED` when user lacks access to selected custom groups
  - **errorMessage** `string`  
    Message indicating the user is not authorized to decline patches for the selected groups

### HTTP Code 500

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `string`  
    Internal error code: unexpected server error during decline operation
  - **errorMessage** `string`  
    Error message describing the internal failure

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

Patches declined successfully.

```json
{
  "message": "Patches declined successfully",
  "status": "success"
}
```

### HTTP 400

#### Patches list is empty or null

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Patches list is empty",
  "errorCode": "INSUFFICIENT_DATA"
}
```

#### A patch object is missing the required reasonId

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "reasonId is mandatory for patch id: 110001",
  "errorCode": "INSUFFICIENT_DATA"
}
```

#### All Computers group selected with other custom groups

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "All Computer Groups cannot be selected with other Custom Groups",
  "errorCode": "INVALID_DATA"
}
```

### HTTP 401

Authentication credentials missing or invalid.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Authentication credentials are missing or invalid",
  "errorCode": "UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### HTTP 403

User lacks access to the selected custom groups.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "The user is not authorized to perform this operation!",
  "errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
```

### HTTP 500

Unexpected server error during decline.

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "An internal error occurred while processing the request",
  "errorCode": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}
```

## Rate Limit

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.