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doctl harness-runtime update

Generated on 1 Oct 2026 from doctl version v1.177.0

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Usage

doctl harness-runtime update <session> [flags]

Description

Change settings on a session that already exists. Only flags you pass are changed; everything else is left alone. This never edits the agent manifest — configs are immutable, so create a new one to change how the agent runs.

Today the one setting is --resume-on-topoff, the consent to be resumed automatically after a low-balance pause:

doctl harness-runtime update my-session --resume-on-topoff
doctl harness-runtime update my-session --resume-on-topoff=false

Note the =: boolean flags take a value only when it is attached, so --resume-on-topoff false would set the flag to true and leave false behind as an argument.

Two asymmetries are worth knowing. Revoking takes effect immediately for later top-offs, but granting it does not wake a session that is already paused — use doctl harness-runtime resume for that. And a session that has been destroyed or has failed cannot be updated at all.

doctl harness-runtime launch <session> --resume-on-topoff applies the same change on the way into the chat, so enrolling a session and opening it stay one command.

Example

doctl harness-runtime update my-session --resume-on-topoff;

Flags

Option	Description
`--format`	Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: `SessionID`, `Name`, `AgentKind`, `Status`, `ConfigID`, `ParentSessionID`, `ForkID`, `RepoHint`, `CreatedAt`, `PauseReason`.
`--help`, `-h`	Help for this command
`--no-header`	Return raw data with no headers Default: `false`
`--resume-on-topoff`	Let DigitalOcean resume this session automatically once your team’s prepayment balance is topped off after a low-balance pause. Off by default and per-session (never inherited from an Agent Config or by a fork). Revoke it with –resume-on-topoff=false. Only a session paused for low balance whose last run was unfinished is resumed; one you paused yourself, or that idled out, stays paused. Default: `false`

Command	Description
doctl harness-runtime	Managed Agents Runtime Services (M.A.R.S)

Global Flags

Option	Description
`--access-token`, `-t`	API V2 access token
`--api-url`, `-u`	Override default API endpoint
`--config`, `-c`	Specify a custom config file Default:
`--context`	Specify a custom authentication context name
`--http-retry-max`	Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error Default: `5`
`--http-retry-wait-max`	Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `30`
`--http-retry-wait-min`	Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `1`
`--interactive`	Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false) Default: `false`
`--output`, `-o`	Desired output format [text\|json] Default: `text`
`--trace`	Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: `false`
`--verbose`, `-v`	Enable verbose output Default: `false`