bd update

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bd update

Update one or more issues.

If no issue ID is provided, updates the last touched issue (from most recent create, update, show, or close operation).

bd update [id...] [flags]

Flags:

      --acceptance string            Acceptance criteria
      --add-label strings            Add labels (repeatable)
      --allow-empty-description      Allow empty description replacement when reading from stdin or file
      --append-notes string          Append to existing notes (with newline separator)
  -a, --assignee string              Assignee
      --await-id string              Set gate await_id (e.g., GitHub run ID for gh:run gates)
      --body-file string             Read description from file (use - for stdin)
      --claim                        Atomically claim the issue (sets assignee to you, status to in_progress; idempotent if already claimed by you)
      --defer string                 Defer until date (empty to clear). Issue hidden from bd ready until then
  -d, --description string           Issue description
      --design string                Design notes
      --design-file string           Read design from file (use - for stdin)
      --due string                   Due date/time (empty to clear). Formats: +6h, +1d, +2w, tomorrow, next monday, 2025-01-15
      --ephemeral                    Mark issue as ephemeral (wisp) - not exported to JSONL
  -e, --estimate int                 Time estimate in minutes (e.g., 60 for 1 hour)
      --external-ref string          External reference (e.g., 'gh-9', 'jira-ABC', Linear URL)
      --history                      Clear no-history flag (re-enable Dolt commit history)
      --metadata string              Set custom metadata (JSON string or @file.json to read from file)
      --no-history                   Mark issue as no-history (skip Dolt commits, not GC-eligible)
      --notes string                 Additional notes
      --parent string                New parent issue ID (reparents the issue, use empty string to remove parent)
      --persistent                   Mark issue as persistent (promote wisp to regular issue)
  -p, --priority string              Priority (0-4 or P0-P4, 0=highest)
      --remove-label strings         Remove labels (repeatable)
      --session string               Claude Code session ID for status=closed (or set CLAUDE_SESSION_ID env var)
      --set-labels strings           Set labels, replacing all existing (repeatable)
      --set-metadata stringArray     Set metadata key=value (repeatable, e.g., --set-metadata team=platform)
      --spec-id string               Link to specification document
  -s, --status string                New status
      --stdin                        Read description from stdin (alias for --body-file -)
      --title string                 New title
  -t, --type string                  New type (bug|feature|task|epic|chore|decision); custom types require types.custom config
      --unset-metadata stringArray   Remove metadata key (repeatable, e.g., --unset-metadata team)