---
title: stack kb security-timeline-api persist-note-route cli command
description: Add or update a note Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4083/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/security-timeline-api/persist-note-route
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb security-timeline-api persist-note-route cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb security-timeline-api persist-note-route \
  --note <note> \
  [options]
```

Add or update a note
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--note string required">
    Note payload (timeline, text, optional event linkage, metadata).
  </definition>
  <definition term="--note-id string">
    The `savedObjectId` of the note to update. Omit when creating a new note.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--version string">
    Saved object version string from a previous read; optional on update.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>