Required. Mask of fields to update. At least one path must be supplied in this field. The elements of the repeated paths field may only include these fields:
"description"
"directoryServices"
"fileShares"
"labels"
"performanceConfig"
"deletionProtectionEnabled"
"deletionProtectionReason"
This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example:"user.displayName,photo".
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-06-17 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage details how to update the settings of a specific instance using a \u003ccode\u003ePATCH\u003c/code\u003e request to the provided URL.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request requires a \u003ccode\u003ename\u003c/code\u003e path parameter to identify the instance and an \u003ccode\u003eupdateMask\u003c/code\u003e query parameter to specify which fields to update.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body must contain an \u003ccode\u003eInstance\u003c/code\u003e resource with updated settings, as defined in the documentation.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUpon a successful \u003ccode\u003ePATCH\u003c/code\u003e request, the response body will contain an \u003ccode\u003eOperation\u003c/code\u003e resource.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe operation requires the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e OAuth scope for authorization.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.locations.instances.patch\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nUpdates the settings of a specific instance.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`PATCH https://file.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{instance.name=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Query parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Instance](/filestore/docs/reference/rest/v1beta1/projects.locations.instances#Instance).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Operation](/filestore/docs/reference/rest/Shared.Types/ListOperationsResponse#Operation).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp)."]]
