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# Update a deployment's request backpressure policy



## OpenAPI

````yaml patch /v1/models/{model_id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/request_backpressure_policy
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: REST API for management of Baseten resources
  title: Baseten management API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.baseten.co
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/models/{model_id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/request_backpressure_policy:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/model_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/deployment_id'
    patch:
      summary: Updates a deployment's request backpressure policy
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateRequestBackpressurePolicyRequestV1'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateAutoscalingSettingsResponseV1'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          source: >-
            curl --request PATCH \

            --url
            https://api.baseten.co/v1/models/{model_id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/request_backpressure_policy
            \

            --header "Authorization: Bearer $BASETEN_API_KEY" \

            --data '{
              "request_backpressure_policy": "reject_on_full"
            }'
        - lang: python
          source: >-
            import requests

            import os

            API_KEY = os.environ.get("BASETEN_API_KEY", "<YOUR_API_KEY>")

            url =
            "https://api.baseten.co/v1/models/{model_id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/request_backpressure_policy"


            headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"}


            response = requests.request(
                "PATCH",
                url,
                headers=headers,
                json={'request_backpressure_policy': 'reject_on_full'}
            )


            print(response.text)
components:
  parameters:
    model_id:
      schema:
        type: string
      name: model_id
      in: path
      required: true
    deployment_id:
      schema:
        type: string
      name: deployment_id
      in: path
      required: true
  schemas:
    UpdateRequestBackpressurePolicyRequestV1:
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        Request body for ``PATCH
        /v1/models/.../deployments/.../request_backpressure_policy``.
      properties:
        request_backpressure_policy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestBackpressurePolicyV1'
          description: >-
            Controls how the deployment handles requests when at capacity.
            queue_on_full (default) queues requests while reject_on_full returns
            HTTP 429.
          examples:
            - reject_on_full
      required:
        - request_backpressure_policy
      title: UpdateRequestBackpressurePolicyRequestV1
      type: object
    UpdateAutoscalingSettingsResponseV1:
      description: The response to a request to update autoscaling settings.
      properties:
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateAutoscalingSettingsStatusV1'
          description: Status of the request to update autoscaling settings
        message:
          description: >-
            A message describing the status of the request to update autoscaling
            settings
          title: Message
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - message
      title: UpdateAutoscalingSettingsResponseV1
      type: object
    RequestBackpressurePolicyV1:
      enum:
        - queue_on_full
        - reject_on_full
      title: RequestBackpressurePolicyV1
      type: string
    UpdateAutoscalingSettingsStatusV1:
      description: The status of a request to update autoscaling settings.
      enum:
        - ACCEPTED
        - QUEUED
        - UNCHANGED
      title: UpdateAutoscalingSettingsStatusV1
      type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Send `Authorization: Bearer <api_key>`. The legacy `Authorization:
        Api-Key <api_key>` scheme is also accepted.

````