Unique name for the patch deployment resource in a project. The patch deployment name is in the form: projects/{projectId}/patchDeployments/{patchDeploymentId}. This field is ignored when you create a new patch deployment.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-28 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage details how to update an OS Config patch deployment using a PATCH HTTP request to the specified URL.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003epatchDeployment.name\u003c/code\u003e path parameter is mandatory and uniquely identifies the patch deployment resource you wish to update, while the \u003ccode\u003eupdateMask\u003c/code\u003e query parameter dictates which fields of the patch deployment are to be modified.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body and response body will use an instance of \u003ccode\u003ePatchDeployment\u003c/code\u003e to define the update, and will contain the output respectively, if the request is successful.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eTo successfully update a patch deployment, you will require the OAuth scope \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e and the IAM permission \u003ccode\u003eosconfig.patchDeployments.update\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.patchDeployments.patch\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [IAM Permissions](#body.aspect_1)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nUpdate an OS Config patch deployment.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`PATCH https://osconfig.googleapis.com/v1/{patchDeployment.name=projects/*/patchDeployments/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Query parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [PatchDeployment](/compute/docs/osconfig/rest/v1/projects.patchDeployments#PatchDeployment).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [PatchDeployment](/compute/docs/osconfig/rest/v1/projects.patchDeployments#PatchDeployment).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp).\n\n### IAM Permissions\n\nRequires the following [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs) permission on the `name` resource:\n\n- `osconfig.patchDeployments.update`\n\nFor more information, see the [IAM documentation](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs)."]]