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# Update violation

> Update a violation's status (open, resolved, false_positive, acknowledged).



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/em-data-readiness-v2.yaml patch /api/data-readiness/violations/{violation_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: EM Data Readiness Service
  description: Data Readiness Service API for managing workflows, metrics, and data quality
  version: 4.3.0-dev1
servers: []
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Health
    description: Service health monitoring. Check service status and version information.
  - name: Root
    description: Root endpoint providing service information and navigation links.
  - name: Configuration
    description: Service configuration endpoints. View current configuration values.
  - name: Workflows
    description: >-
      Workflow configuration and execution management. Create, configure, and
      run data quality workflows including definitions, configurations, runs,
      and tasks.
  - name: Data Assets
    description: >-
      Data catalog entity management. Manage databases, schemas, and tables
      metadata.
  - name: Metrics
    description: >-
      Data quality metrics and scorecards. Calculate scores, view trends, and
      analyze dimensions.
  - name: Violations
    description: >-
      Data quality violation management. View, acknowledge, and remediate
      detected violations.
  - name: Glossary
    description: >-
      Business glossary management. Create, verify, and organize business terms
      and definitions.
paths:
  /api/data-readiness/violations/{violation_id}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - Violations
      summary: Update violation
      description: >-
        Update a violation's status (open, resolved, false_positive,
        acknowledged).
      operationId: update_violation
      parameters:
        - name: violation_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            description: Violation ID
            title: Violation Id
          description: Violation ID
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ViolationUpdateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ViolationUpdateResponse'
        '404':
          description: Violation not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '410':
          description: Violation's parent dataset has been deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    ViolationUpdateRequest:
      properties:
        status:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ViolationStatus'
            - type: 'null'
          description: 'New status: open, resolved, acknowledged, false_positive'
        resolution_notes:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              maxLength: 1000
            - type: 'null'
          title: Resolution Notes
          description: Notes about the resolution
      type: object
      title: ViolationUpdateRequest
      description: Request model for updating a violation's status.
      example:
        resolution_notes: Fixed by running PII enrichment workflow
        status: resolved
    ViolationUpdateResponse:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          title: Id
          description: Violation identifier
          examples:
            - 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440010
        status:
          type: string
          title: Status
          description: Updated status
          examples:
            - resolved
        resolved_by:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Resolved By
          description: Username who resolved
          examples:
            - admin
        resolution_notes:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Resolution Notes
          description: Notes about the resolution
          examples:
            - Fixed by adding column description
        updated_at:
          type: string
          title: Updated At
          description: Timestamp when the violation was last updated
          examples:
            - '2024-01-16T14:30:00Z'
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - status
        - updated_at
      title: ViolationUpdateResponse
      description: Response model after updating a violation.
    ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo'
          description: >-
            Error information object containing code, message, and optional
            details
        request_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Request Id
          description: Request ID for debugging and support
          examples:
            - req_abc123xyz
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      title: ErrorResponse
      description: >-
        Standard error response model for API errors.


        Matches the structure returned by _handle_service_error in
        workflows/routes.py.

        The actual API response format is:

        {
            "error": {
                "code": "ERROR_CODE",
                "message": "Error message",
                "details": {...}
            },
            "request_id": "optional-request-id"
        }
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ViolationStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - open
        - resolved
        - acknowledged
        - false_positive
      title: ViolationStatus
      description: Lifecycle status of a violation.
    ErrorInfo:
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          title: Code
          description: >-
            Error code identifier (e.g., 'WORKFLOW_NOT_FOUND',
            'VALIDATION_ERROR')
          examples:
            - WORKFLOW_NOT_FOUND
        message:
          type: string
          title: Message
          description: Human-readable error message
          examples:
            - >-
              Workflow configuration with id
              '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000' not found
        details:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Details
          description: >-
            Additional error details as a dictionary (flexible structure for
            business logic errors)
          examples:
            - workflow_id: 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      title: ErrorInfo
      description: >-
        Nested error information object.


        Note: This model uses an untyped dict for `details` to match the
        flexible error

        structure used throughout the service layer (see WorkflowServiceError
        and similar).

        This is distinct from ErrorDetail, which is used for structured
        validation errors.
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        JWT Bearer token authentication. Include the token in the Authorization
        header as: `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. The JWT must contain valid
        client_id, and project_id claims for tenant isolation and SDK routing.

````