---
title: stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-episodes-bulk-unack cli command
description: Bulk unacknowledge alert episodes Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4384/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/alerting-v2/post-alerting-v2-episodes-bulk-unack
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-episodes-bulk-unack cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-episodes-bulk-unack \
  --items <items> \
  [options]
```

Bulk unacknowledge alert episodes
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--items string[] required">
    List of 1 to 100 unack actions to create.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--items` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </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>
  <definition term="--no-validate">
    skip input validation and send the request as-is
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--output-fields string">
    comma-separated list of fields to include in output (dot-notation supported)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--output-template string">
    Mustache-like template for custom text output (e.g. "{{id}}: {{name}}")
  </definition>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>