Update a Monitor by ID
Update an existing monitor
Path Parameters
organization_id_or_slug(string)REQUIREDThe ID or slug of the organization the resource belongs to.
detector_id(integer)REQUIREDThe ID of the monitor you'd like to query.
Body Parameters
name(string)REQUIREDName of the monitor.
type(string)REQUIREDThe type of monitor -
metric_issue.data_sources(array(undefined))The data sources for the monitor to use based on what you want to measure.
Number of Errors Metric Monitor
Copied[ { "aggregate": "count()", "dataset" : "events", "environment": "prod", "eventTypes": ["default", "error"], "query": "is:unresolved", "queryType": 0, "timeWindow": 3600, }, ],Users Experiencing Errors Metric Monitor
Copied[ { "aggregate": "count_unique(tags[sentry:user])", "dataset" : "events", "environment": "prod", "eventTypes": ["default", "error"], "query": "is:unresolved", "queryType": 0, "timeWindow": 3600, }, ],Throughput Metric Monitor
Copied[ { "aggregate":"count(span.duration)", "dataset":"events_analytics_platform", "environment":"prod", "eventTypes":["trace_item_span"] "query":"", "queryType":1, "timeWindow":3600, "extrapolationMode":"unknown", }, ],Duration Metric Monitor
Copied[ { "aggregate":"p95(span.duration)", "dataset":"events_analytics_platform", "environment":"prod", "eventTypes":["trace_item_span"] "query":"", "queryType":1, "timeWindow":3600, "extrapolationMode":"unknown", }, ],Failure Rate Metric Monitor
Copied[ { "aggregate":"failure_rate()", "dataset":"events_analytics_platform", "environment":"prod", "eventTypes":["trace_item_span"] "query":"", "queryType":1, "timeWindow":3600, "extrapolationMode":"unknown", }, ],Largest Contentful Paint Metric Monitor
Copied[ { "aggregate":"p95(measurements.lcp)", "dataset":"events_analytics_platform", "environment":"prod", "eventTypes":["trace_item_span"] "query":"", "queryType":1, "timeWindow":3600, "extrapolationMode":"unknown", }, ],config(object)The issue detection type configuration.
detectionTypestatic: Threshold based monitorpercent: Change based monitordynamic: Dynamic monitor
comparisonDelta: If selecting a change detection type, the comparison delta is the time period at which to compare against in minutes. For example, a value of 3600 compares the metric tracked against data 1 hour ago.300: 5 minutes900: 15 minutes3600: 1 hour86400: 1 day604800: 1 week2592000: 1 month
Threshold
Copied{ "detectionType": "static", }Change
Copied{ "detectionType": "percent", "comparisonDelta": 3600, }Dynamic
Copied{ "detectionType": "dynamic", }condition_groupIssue detection configuration for when to create an issue and at what priority level.
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logicType:any -
type: Any ofgt(greater than),lte(less than or equal), oranomaly_detection(dynamic) -
comparison: Any positive integer. This is threshold that must be crossed for the monitor to create an issue, e.g. "Create a metric issue when there are more than 5 unresolved error events".- If creating a dynamic monitor, see the options below.
seasonality:autosensitivity: Level of responsiveness. Options are one oflow,medium, orhighthresholdType: If you want to be alerted to anomalies that are moving above, below, or in both directions in relation to your threshold.0: Above1: Below2: Above and below
- If creating a dynamic monitor, see the options below.
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conditionResult: The issue state change when the threshold is crossed.75: High priority50: Low priority0: Resolved
Threshold and Change Monitor
Copied"logicType": "any", "conditions": [ { "type": "gt", "comparison": 10, "conditionResult": 75 }, { "type": "lte", "comparison": 10, "conditionResult": 0 } ], "actions": []Threshold Monitor with Medium Priority
Copied"logicType": "any", "conditions": [ { type: "gt", comparison: 5, conditionResult: 75 }, { type: "gt", comparison: 2, conditionResult: 50 }, { type: "lte", comparison: 2, conditionResult: 0 } ], "actions": []Dynamic Monitor
Copied"logicType": "any", "conditions": [ { "type": "anomaly_detection", "comparison": { "seasonality": "auto", "sensitivity": "medium", "thresholdType": 2 }, "conditionResult": 75 } ], "actions": []-
owner(string)The user or team who owns the monitor.
User
Copied"type": "user", "id": "12345", "name": "Jane Doe", "email": "jane.doe@sentry.io"Team
Copied"type": "team", "id": "123456789", "name": "example-team"description(string)A description of the monitor. Will be used in the resulting issue.
enabled(boolean)Set to False if you want to disable the monitor.
Scopes
<auth_token> requires one of the following scopes:alerts:writeorg:adminorg:readorg:write
curl https://sentry.io/api/0/organizations/{organization_id_or_slug}/detectors/{detector_id}/ \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <auth_token>' \ -X PUT \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{}'
Copied{ "id": "12345", "projectId": "1", "name": "Updated monitor", "description": null, "type": "metric_issue", "workflowIds": [], "owner": { "type": "user", "id": "4567", "name": "Jane Doe", "email": "jane@example.io" }, "createdBy": "45678", "dateCreated": "2026-01-09T18:47:41.596427Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-01-12T21:30:07.354861Z", "dataSources": [ { "id": "2345", "organizationId": "1", "type": "snuba_query_subscription", "sourceId": "1234", "queryObj": { "id": "3456", "status": 0, "subscription": "55/abc123def456ghi789", "snubaQuery": { "id": "56789", "dataset": "events_analytics_platform", "query": "", "aggregate": "p95(measurements.lcp)", "timeWindow": 3600, "environment": null, "eventTypes": [ "trace_item_span" ], "extrapolationMode": "unknown" } } } ], "conditionGroup": { "id": "12345678", "organizationId": "1", "logicType": "any", "conditions": [ { "id": "234567", "type": "gt", "comparison": 5, "conditionResult": 75 }, { "id": "234568", "type": "lte", "comparison": 5, "conditionResult": 0 } ], "actions": [] }, "config": { "detectionType": "static" }, "enabled": true, "alertRuleId": null, "ruleId": null, "latestGroup": { "id": "123456789", "title": "Test monitor", "culprit": "", "shortId": "SENTRY-1A2B", "level": "error", "status": "resolved", "substatus": null, "platform": "python", "project": { "id": "1", "name": "Backend", "slug": "sentry", "platform": "python" }, "type": "generic", "issueType": "metric_issue", "issueCategory": "metric", "metadata": { "title": "Test monitor", "value": "Critical: Number of events in the last hour above 5", "initial_priority": 75 }, "numComments": 0, "firstSeen": "2026-01-09T18:48:15.250134Z", "lastSeen": "2026-01-09T18:48:15.250134Z" }, "openIssues": 0 }