elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/watcher/ack-watch.asciidoc

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:api: ack-watch
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:response: AckWatchResponse
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=== Ack watch API

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==== Execution

{ref}/actions.html#actions-ack-throttle[Acknowledging a watch] enables you
to manually throttle execution of a watch's actions. A watch can be acknowledged
through the following request:

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<1> The ID of the watch to ack.
<2> An optional list of IDs representing the watch actions that should be acked.
If no action IDs are provided, then all of the watch's actions will be acked.

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==== Response

The returned +{response}+ contains the new status of the requested watch:

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<1> The status of a specific action that was acked.
<2> The acknowledgement state of the action. If the action was successfully
acked, this state will be equal to `AckStatus.State.ACKED`.

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