---
type: api
title: Assign an alert episode to a user
description: Create an action for a specific alert episode.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: manage_alerting-v2-alerts.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-post-alerting-v2-episodes-episode-id-assign
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-post-alerting-v2-episodes-episode-id-assign
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Assign an alert episode to a user

Availability: 9.5+

- Server: `https://{kibana_url}`

## Paths

- `POST` `/api/alerting/v2/episodes/{episode_id}/_assign`

- [Api key auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/authentication#apikeyauth)
- [Basic auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/authentication#basicauth)

#### Path Parameters

- `episode_id` (string · min: 1 · max: 150)
  Identifier of the alert episode to apply the action to.

## Description

Create an action for a specific alert episode.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: manage_alerting-v2-alerts.

## Request Body

`application/json`

- `assignee_uid` (string · max: 256) — required — nullable
  User profile UID of the assignee, or null to remove the assignee from the episode.

## Responses

#### `204`

Indicates the action was created.

#### `400`

Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

`application/json`

- `code` (string)
  Stable error code you can branch on, for example `INVALID_SCHEDULE` or `RULE_ALREADY_EXISTS`.
- `details` (map string to object)
  Optional extra information about the error, for example field validation issues or the `rule_id` when that ID already exists.
- `error` (string)
  A short human-readable summary of the error category (e.g., "Not Found", "Bad Request"). Subject to change without notice. Do not parse or rely on its content.
- `message` (string)
  A readable explanation of the error. The wording can change without notice. Do not parse this field.
#### `401`

Indicates the request was not authenticated.

`application/json`

- `code` (string)
  Stable error code you can branch on, for example `INVALID_SCHEDULE` or `RULE_ALREADY_EXISTS`.
- `details` (map string to object)
  Optional extra information about the error, for example field validation issues or the `rule_id` when that ID already exists.
- `error` (string)
  A short human-readable summary of the error category (e.g., "Not Found", "Bad Request"). Subject to change without notice. Do not parse or rely on its content.
- `message` (string)
  A readable explanation of the error. The wording can change without notice. Do not parse this field.
#### `403`

Indicates the user does not have the required privileges to perform the request.

`application/json`

- `code` (string)
  Stable error code you can branch on, for example `INVALID_SCHEDULE` or `RULE_ALREADY_EXISTS`.
- `details` (map string to object)
  Optional extra information about the error, for example field validation issues or the `rule_id` when that ID already exists.
- `error` (string)
  A short human-readable summary of the error category (e.g., "Not Found", "Bad Request"). Subject to change without notice. Do not parse or rely on its content.
- `message` (string)
  A readable explanation of the error. The wording can change without notice. Do not parse this field.
#### `404`

Indicates the alert episode was not found, or is not the latest episode of its series (activate and deactivate only).

`application/json`

- `code` (string)
  Stable error code you can branch on, for example `INVALID_SCHEDULE` or `RULE_ALREADY_EXISTS`.
- `details` (map string to object)
  Optional extra information about the error, for example field validation issues or the `rule_id` when that ID already exists.
- `error` (string)
  A short human-readable summary of the error category (e.g., "Not Found", "Bad Request"). Subject to change without notice. Do not parse or rely on its content.
- `message` (string)
  A readable explanation of the error. The wording can change without notice. Do not parse this field.
#### `500`

Indicates an unexpected server-side error.

`application/json`

- `code` (string)
  Stable error code you can branch on, for example `INVALID_SCHEDULE` or `RULE_ALREADY_EXISTS`.
- `details` (map string to object)
  Optional extra information about the error, for example field validation issues or the `rule_id` when that ID already exists.
- `error` (string)
  A short human-readable summary of the error category (e.g., "Not Found", "Bad Request"). Subject to change without notice. Do not parse or rely on its content.
- `message` (string)
  A readable explanation of the error. The wording can change without notice. Do not parse this field.
#### `503`

Indicates the alerting engine is disabled by the `alerting:v2:enabled` advanced setting.

`application/json`

- `code` (string)
  Stable error code you can branch on, for example `INVALID_SCHEDULE` or `RULE_ALREADY_EXISTS`.
- `details` (map string to object)
  Optional extra information about the error, for example field validation issues or the `rule_id` when that ID already exists.
- `error` (string)
  A short human-readable summary of the error category (e.g., "Not Found", "Bad Request"). Subject to change without notice. Do not parse or rely on its content.
- `message` (string)
  A readable explanation of the error. The wording can change without notice. Do not parse this field.
## Code Examples

#### Console

```console
POST /api/alerting/v2/episodes/{episode_id}/_assign
{
  "assignee_uid": "u_abc123"
}
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X POST "https://{kibana_url}/api/alerting/v2/episodes/{episode_id}/_assign" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "assignee_uid": "u_abc123"
}'
```

## Response Examples

#### Path is missing required episode_id

```json
{
  "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
  "details": {
    "errors": {
      "episode_id": [
        "Required"
      ]
    }
  },
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "episode_id: Required"
}
```

#### Request was not authenticated

```json
{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Authentication required to access this API."
}
```

#### Caller lacks required privileges

```json
{
  "code": "FORBIDDEN",
  "error": "Forbidden",
  "message": "The current user does not have the required privileges for this request."
}
```

#### No alert episode exists for the given episode_id

```json
{
  "code": "ALERT_EPISODE_NOT_FOUND",
  "details": {
    "episode_id": "episode-1"
  },
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Alert episode with episode_id [episode-1] not found"
}
```

#### Unexpected server-side error

```json
{
  "code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
  "error": "Internal Server Error",
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred."
}
```

#### Alerting V2 is disabled

```json
{
  "code": "ALERTING_DISABLED",
  "error": "Service Unavailable",
  "message": "Alerting is disabled."
}
```