CLI Command Not Updating Alert Status
usabilityActiveStableUsing the Azure CLI to update alert statuses does not reflect the changes, causing confusion and potential oversight.
Score Breakdown
Heuristic ranking from public discussion signals — not a validated prediction of commercial opportunity, demand, or willingness to pay.
Composite 62/100 (High, unvalidated). Top driver: Severity (25% weight, 20 pts).
Heuristic only — often urgency map or random scaffolding on ingest, not measured mention frequency. Maps to XPS relevance (with market size).
LLM/mock judgment of intensity from title/summary text — not ops or ticket data. Maps to XPS quality (with willingness to pay).
LLM/mock purchase-intent guess from text — not invoices, surveys, or paid seats. Maps to XPS quality.
Heuristic/scaffold (often random or fixed on insert) — not a verified mention trajectory. Maps to XPS novelty.
Heuristic/scaffold (often random or fixed) — not TAM research. Maps to XPS relevance (with frequency).
Catalog notes (not predictive analysis)
CLI Command Not Updating Alert Status (usability). Catalog heuristic opportunity score: 62/100 — a chosen formula over discussion-signal facets, not evidence of demand, conversion, or willingness to pay. Treat as browsing rank, not a commercial prediction.
Using the Azure CLI to update alert statuses does not reflect the changes, causing confusion and potential oversight.
Source Examples
“az security alert update does not change status I am trying to dismiss a rather large number of the same low severity Microsoft Defender for Cloud Security alert. While that is certainly possible through the Azure portal, I'd rather not click through all 100+ pages of alerts manually to select and change the status of all of them (I've set up a suppression on that particular low severity alert so this doesn't happen again). But I still have a lot to deal with. Enter CLI. I run `az security alert list -g myRg --query [].name` and grab one of the names returned. I put the alert name into `az security alert show -l "centralus" -g "myRg" -n "<alertName>"`. Command shows expected information about the alert, in particular `"status": "Active"` I run `az security alert update -l "centralus" -g "myRg" -n "<alertName>" --status "dismiss" --debug`. Seems to run successfully, exit code is 0. I run `az security alert show -l "centralus" -g "myRg" -n "<alertName>"`. Still shows `"status": "Active"`. Confusion ensues. In the portal, I select that alert and change the status to "Dismissed" by hand. I run `az security alert show -l "centralus" -g "myRg" -n "<alertName>"`. Now shows `"status": "Dismissed"`. Confusion ensues. Doesn't matter which alert I do this for, same behavior exhibited every time. ``` az --version azure-cli 2.30.0 core 2.30.0 telemetry 1.0.6 Extensions: aks-preview 0.5.39 application-insights 0.1.14 azure-devops 0.21.0 ssh 0.1.8 ``` I might try updating these alert statuses en masse through the REST API, but through the CLI seemed like the easier approach first. --- #### Document Details ⚠ *Do not edit this section. It is required for docs.microsoft.com ➟ GitHub issue linking.* * ID: 3bd1edc5-a15b-0a47-90b5-540732a21e1f * Version Independent ID: e18a12cb-6f51-5f64-f5be-5437da57b219 * Content: [az security alert](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/security/alert?view=azure-cli-latest#az_security_alert_show) * Content Source: [latest/docs-ref-autogen/security/alert.yml](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-cli/blob/master/latest/docs-ref-autogen/security/alert.yml) * GitHub Login: @rloutlaw * Microsoft Alias: **routlaw**”
Competitive Landscape
- Existing solutions are either too expensive or too limited
- Most competitors target enterprise, leaving mid-market underserved
- Community scripts and manual processes are the primary alternative
Recommended Next Steps
- ✓Validate pain intensity with 5-10 target customer interviews
- ✓Build minimal viable solution addressing the core workflow
- ✓Test pricing with early adopters from community forums
Related Pain Points
Target Customers
- IT teams at mid-size organizations (100-2000 employees)
- MSPs and consultants managing multiple client environments
- Teams without dedicated specialist staff for this domain
Monetization Ideas
- 1SaaS subscription model ($99-$499/month depending on scale)
- 2Usage-based pricing aligned with value delivered
- 3Freemium tier to drive adoption and prove value