> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://planetscale.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update a backup policy > ### Authorization A service token or OAuth token must have at least one of the following access or scopes in order to use this API endpoint: **Service Token Accesses** `write_backups` **OAuth Scopes** | Resource | Scopes | | :------- | :---------- | | Organization | `write_backups` | | Database | `write_backups` | ## OpenAPI ````yaml patch /organizations/{organization}/databases/{database}/backup-policies/{id} openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: PlanetScale API description: |-

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© 2026 PlanetScale, Inc. version: v1 x-copyright: '© 2026 PlanetScale, Inc.' servers: - url: https://api.planetscale.com/v1 security: - oauth2: [] tags: - name: BackupPolicies description: |2 Resources for managing database backup policies. - name: Backups description: |2 Resources for managing database branch backups. - name: Branch changes description: |2 Resources for managing cluster changes. - name: Branch config changes description: |2 Resources for managing branch-level configuration change requests. - name: Cluster extensions description: |2 Resources for managing cluster extension configuration. - name: Branch log signatures description: |2 Resources for retrieving branch log access signatures. - name: Cluster parameters description: |2 Resources for managing cluster configuration parameters. - name: Database branch keyspaces description: |2 Resources for managing keyspaces. - name: Database branch passwords description: |2 Resources for managing database branch passwords. - name: Database Postgres IP restrictions description: |2 Resources for managing Postgres IP restriction entries for databases. Note: This endpoint is only available for PostgreSQL databases. For MySQL databases, use the Database Branch Passwords endpoint. - name: Databases description: |2 Resources for managing databases within an organization. - name: Keyspace config changes description: |2 Resources for managing keyspace-level configuration change requests. - name: Keyspace VSchemas description: |2 Resources for managing VSchemas within a keyspace. - name: MaintenanceSchedules description: |2 Resources for viewing database maintenance schedules for Vitess databases (Enterprise only). - name: MaintenanceWindows description: |2 Resources for viewing maintenance windows for a Vitess database (Enterprise only). - name: OAuth applications description: |2 Resources for managing OAuth applications. - name: OAuth tokens description: |2 Resources for managing OAuth tokens. - name: Organization members description: |2 Resources for managing organization members and their roles. - name: Organizations description: |2 Resources for managing organizations. - name: Bouncer resizes description: |2 Resources for managing Postgres bouncer resize requests. - name: Bouncers description: |2 Resources for managing postgres bouncers. - name: Roles description: |2 Resources for managing role credentials. - name: Query Insights reports description: |2 Resources for downloading query insights data. - name: Schema recommendations description: |2 Resources for managing schema recommendations within a database. - name: Service tokens description: |2 API endpoints for managing service tokens within an organization. - name: Shard config changes description: |2 Resources for managing shard-level configuration change requests. Only available for custom-sharded keyspaces. - name: Traffic budgets description: |2 Resources for managing traffic budgets. - name: Traffic rules description: |2 Resources for managing traffic rules for a traffic budget. - name: Users description: |2 Resources for managing users. - name: Workflows description: |2 API endpoints for managing workflows. - name: Deploy requests description: |2 Resources for managing deploy requests. - name: Webhooks description: |2 Resources for managing database webhooks. - name: Invoices description: |2 Resources for managing invoices. - name: Team members description: |2 Resources for managing team memberships within an organization. Team members inherit access to databases assigned to their team. Note: Teams managed through SSO/directory services cannot have members added or removed via API. - name: Organization teams description: |2 Resources for managing teams within an organization. Teams allow you to group members and grant them access to specific databases. Note: Teams managed through SSO/directory services cannot be modified via API. paths: /organizations/{organization}/databases/{database}/backup-policies/{id}: patch: tags: - BackupPolicies summary: Update a backup policy description: >- ### Authorization A service token or OAuth token must have at least one of the following access or scopes in order to use this API endpoint: **Service Token Accesses** `write_backups` **OAuth Scopes** | Resource | Scopes | | :------- | :---------- | | Organization | `write_backups` | | Database | `write_backups` | operationId: update_backup_policy parameters: - name: id in: path required: true description: The ID of the backup policy schema: type: string - name: organization in: path required: true description: 'Organization name slug from `list_organizations`. Example: `acme`.' schema: type: string - name: database in: path required: true description: 'Database name slug from `list_databases`. Example: `app-db`.' schema: type: string requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string description: The name of the backup policy target: type: string enum: - production - development description: Whether the policy is for production or development branches retention_value: type: integer description: A number value for the retention period of the backup policy retention_unit: type: string enum: - hour - day - week - month - year description: The unit for the retention period of the backup policy frequency_value: type: integer description: A number value for the frequency of the backup policy frequency_unit: type: string enum: - hour - day - week - month description: The unit for the frequency of the backup policy schedule_time: type: string description: >- The time of day that the backup is scheduled, in HH:MM format schedule_day: type: integer description: >- Day of the week that the backup is scheduled. 0 is Sunday, 6 is Saturday schedule_week: type: integer description: >- Week of the month that the backup is scheduled. 0 is the first week, 3 is the fourth week responses: '200': description: Returns the updated backup policy headers: {} content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The ID of the backup policy display_name: type: string description: The display name of the backup policy name: type: string description: The name of the backup policy target: type: string enum: - production - development description: >- Whether the policy is for production or development branches retention_value: type: integer description: >- A number value for the retention period of the backup policy retention_unit: type: string description: The unit for the retention period of the backup policy frequency_value: type: integer description: A number value for the frequency of the backup policy frequency_unit: type: string description: The unit for the frequency of the backup policy schedule_time: type: string description: >- The time of day that the backup is scheduled, in HH:MM format schedule_day: type: integer description: >- Day of the week that the backup is scheduled. 0 is Sunday, 6 is Saturday nullable: true schedule_week: type: integer description: >- Week of the month that the backup is scheduled. 0 is the first week, 3 is the fourth week nullable: true created_at: type: string description: When the backup policy was created updated_at: type: string description: When the backup policy was last updated last_ran_at: type: string description: When the backup was last run nullable: true next_run_at: type: string description: When the backup will next run nullable: true required: type: boolean description: Whether the policy is a required system backup required: - id - display_name - name - target - retention_value - retention_unit - frequency_value - frequency_unit - schedule_time - schedule_day - schedule_week - created_at - updated_at - last_ran_at - next_run_at - required '401': description: Unauthorized '403': description: Forbidden '404': description: Not Found '500': description: Internal Server Error components: securitySchemes: oauth2: type: oauth2 flows: authorizationCode: authorizationUrl: https://auth.planetscale.com/oauth/authorize tokenUrl: https://auth.planetscale.com/oauth/token scopes: email: Read user email openid: OpenID Connect scope profile: Read user profile read_databases: Read organization databases read_user: Read user read_organization: Read organization write_databases: Write organization databases write_user: Write user write_organization: Write organization branch:delete_backups: Delete backups branch:delete_branch: Delete a database branch branch:manage_passwords: Read, write, and delete branch passwords branch:manage_read_only_passwords: Read, write, and delete read only branch passwords branch:read_backups: Read backups branch:read_branch: Read a database branch branch:restore_backups: Restore this branch's backups to new branches branch:write_backups: Create and update backups branch:write_branch: Write a database branch database:approve_deploy_requests: Approve deploy requests in a database database:delete_backups: Delete backups database:delete_branches: Delete database branches database:delete_database: Delete a database database:delete_members: Delete members database:delete_production_branch_backups: Delete production backups database:delete_production_branches: Delete a production database branch database:demote_branches: Demote production database branches database:deploy_deploy_requests: Deploy deploy requests in a database database:manage_passwords: Read, write, and delete database branch passwords database:manage_production_branch_passwords: Read, write, and delete production branch passwords database:manage_production_read_only_passwords: >- Read, write, and delete production read only branch passwords in an organization database:manage_read_only_passwords: >- Read, write, and delete read only branch passwords in an organization database:promote_branches: Promote database branches database:read_backups: Read backups database:read_branches: Read database branches database:read_comments: Read deploy request comments in a database database:read_database: Read database information database:read_deploy_requests: Read deploy requests in a database database:read_members: Read members database:restore_backups: Restore backups to new branches database:restore_production_branch_backups: Restore production branch backups to new branches database:write_backups: Create and update backups database:write_branches: Write database branches database:write_comments: Create deploy request comments in a database database:write_database: Write database database:write_deploy_requests: Create and update deploy requests in a database database:write_members: Write members organization:approve_deploy_requests: Approve deploy requests in an organization organization:create_databases: Create organization databases organization:delete_backups: Delete backups in an organization organization:delete_branches: Delete branches in an organization organization:delete_databases: Delete organization databases organization:delete_members: Delete members in an organization organization:delete_organization: Delete organization organization:delete_production_branch_backups: Delete production backups in an organization organization:delete_production_branches: Delete a production branch in an organization organization:deploy_deploy_requests: Deploy deploy requests in an organization organization:manage_passwords: Read, write, and delete branch passwords in an organization organization:manage_production_branch_passwords: >- Read, write, and delete production branch passwords in an organization organization:manage_production_read_only_passwords: >- Read, write, and delete production read only branch passwords in an organization organization:manage_read_only_passwords: >- Read, write, and delete read only branch passwords in an organization organization:promote_branches: Promote branches in an organization organization:read_backups: Read backups in an organization organization:read_branches: Read branches in an organization organization:read_comments: Read deploy request comments in an organization organization:read_databases: Read organization databases organization:read_deploy_requests: Read deploy requests in an organization organization:read_invoices: Read organization invoices organization:read_members: Read members in an organization organization:read_organization: Read organization organization:restore_backups: Restore backups to new branches in an organization organization:restore_production_branch_backups: >- Restore production branch backups to new branches in an organization organization:write_backups: Create and update backups in an organization organization:write_branches: Write branches in an organization organization:write_comments: Create deploy request comments in an organization organization:write_databases: Write organization databases organization:write_deploy_requests: Create and update deploy requests in an organization organization:write_members: Write members in an organization organization:write_organization: Write organization user:read_organizations: Read a user's organizations user:read_user: Read user user:write_user: Write user ````