# lifecycle stage doesn't patch

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage-doesnt-patch/75780>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** contacts\
**Created:** [February 22, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage-doesnt-patch/75780 "2023-02-22T20:40:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ALifu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@ALifu](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ALifu)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage-doesnt-patch/75780/1 "2023-02-22T20:40:22Z")

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hello,

i’m trying to patch/update via API the lifecycle stage of a contact but it dosent work  
first- creation works fine

method: “POST”,

headers: {

“Content-Type”: “application/json”,

Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,

},

body: JSON.stringify({

properties: {

lifecyclestage: “subscriber”,

},

}),

this works fine for me !!  
-second i turned off all automation  
(they used to override my changes on contact creation)

 ![automation.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/b/8b9e242d8393d1c0abb27a460e7239bdb6ee0042.png)

third- i added a new stage and used its internal value(which is numbers) with the same patch code and the lifecycle changed !!

 ![test.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/f/cf194dd250156fd2c80177977b8e4a4dc7a19c70.png)

this is my patch

method: “PATCH”,

headers: {

“Content-Type”: “application/json”,

Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,

},

body: JSON.stringify({

properties: {

lifecyclestage: “subscriber”,

},

}),

i dont know what to do from here to make it work any help please

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**Author:** ![ALifu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@ALifu](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ALifu)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage-doesnt-patch/75780/2 "2023-02-22T21:38:04Z")

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aaah !! 😒😒  
i figured it out, it was the lifecycle stage order  
i cant change from customer to subscriber  
because subscriber order is before customer order  
and since my new stage was last i could change to it anytime !! …