# Recovery Objective commands: update, delete

URL: /code/cli/recovery-objective/records-update · Id: `page:code/cli/recovery-objective/records-update`

> The Recovery Objective Verbs update, delete as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Recovery Objective](/business/nouns/recovery-objective), one group of [Recovery Objective commands](/code/cli/recovery-objective).

### RecoveryObjective.update
Changes the given properties of a Recovery Objective. [Verb page](/business/nouns/recovery-objective/update?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do RecoveryObjective.update --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `RecoveryObjective.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Recovery Objective. |
| `recoveryPoint` | `string` | No | The most data a failure may lose, as a window such as `15m`. |
| `recoveryTime` | `string` | No | How fast the Capability returns after a failure, as a window such as `4h`. |
| `drillEvery` | `string` | No | The restore drill cadence, such as `quarterly`. |
| `lastDrill` | `datetime` | No | When the last restore drill met both objectives. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `recoveryObjective` | [Recovery Objective](/business/nouns/recovery-objective) | Yes | The Recovery Objective. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do RecoveryObjective.update --json '{"id":"recovery_MSAgl5dysq","lastDrill":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"}'
```

### RecoveryObjective.delete
Deletes a Recovery Objective: a soft delete that keeps its history, undone by `Thing.restore`. [Verb page](/business/nouns/recovery-objective/delete?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do RecoveryObjective.delete --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `RecoveryObjective.deleted`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Recovery Objective. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `recoveryObjective` | [Recovery Objective](/business/nouns/recovery-objective) | Yes | The Recovery Objective. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do RecoveryObjective.delete --json '{"id":"recovery_MSAgl5dysq"}'
```