{
  "slug": "render-services-update-changes-service-configuration-984381279d35",
  "title": "render services update changes service configuration",
  "tools": [
    "render"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-03-23T20:21:23.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-03-23T20:21:23.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When a Render service needs configuration changes from a repository workflow, run `render services update <service>` with flags for the fields to change. The command runs only in non-interactive mode.",
    "examples": [
      "render services update <service> --name <name> --branch <branch> --image <image-url> --build-command '<build-command>' --start-command '<start-command>' --auto-deploy"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v2.15.0",
      "<service> (required): Service identifier or name to update; the command reference shows it as a required positional argument.",
      "--name <name>: Set the service name.",
      "--branch <branch>: Set the Git branch.",
      "--image <image-url>: Set the Docker image URL.",
      "--build-command <command>: Set the build command.",
      "--start-command <command>: Set the start command.",
      "--auto-deploy: Enable auto-deploy.",
      "Prerequisite: Run in non-interactive mode.",
      "Prerequisite: Authenticate with Render using `render login` before running commands that require account access.",
      "Docs conflict: The available CLI reference documents v2.29.0, newer than the card’s v2.15.0. It documents the named update flags but does not establish that their behavior or availability was identical in v2.15.0."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Update a Render service's configuration from a repository workflow.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/render-oss/cli/releases/tag/v2.15.0",
    "https://render.com/docs/cli-reference",
    "https://render.com/docs/cli"
  ],
  "rank": 0.95039,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-3c2f52212375c75c-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "9432a1bd87b7dcb3ef7740d638ef6ef5e24219d44881b78ea542fcf975a3c76e"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "2c86da9444b464bc2f54acff031d3e1c0a00409c8b431555db6fb48c9fad9bf6",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.74 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}