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todos update silently no-ops: PUT sent to wrong endpoint (missing /buckets/{project}/ segment) #724
basecamp todos update <id> --due <date> reports success (ok: true, "Updated todo #...") but no fields are actually changed. The CLI sends the PUT to /{account}/todos/{id} instead of the documented /{account}/buckets/{project}/todos/{id}.json. The API returns 200 for that path but ignores the body, so the failure is completely silent.
Steps to reproduce
basecamp todos update 111111 --due 2026-09-23 --in 222222 --json
# → ok: true, summary: "Updated todo #111111"
basecamp todos show 111111 --in 222222 --jq '.data.due_on'# → "2026-09-15" (unchanged)
Same result when passing the full app URL as the argument instead of a bare ID + --in.
Trace
-vv shows the request path (note: no /buckets/222222/):
The 200 response even echoes the full todo (with the olddue_on but a fresh updated_at), which the CLI treats as confirmation.
Expected
PUT https://3.basecampapi.com/999999/buckets/222222/todos/111111.json
Per the BC3 API docs, todos are updated at /buckets/{bucket}/todos/{id}.json.
Workaround
Raw API with the correct path works:
basecamp api put "buckets/222222/todos/111111.json" \
-d '{"content":"<existing title>","due_on":"2026-09-23"}'# → due_on updated correctly
Environment
basecamp CLI 0.7.2
macOS (Darwin 27.0.0), arm64
BC3 account, authenticated via OAuth
Notes
Impact is worse than a normal bug because the exit code is 0 and the envelope says ok: true — scripts and agents have no way to detect the failure without re-fetching the todo.
Possibly the resource path builder for Todos.Update drops the bucket scope; other verbs (todos show, done) resolve it correctly.
Thanks for the detailed trace. This was fixed in v0.8.0 (#543).
The path without /buckets/{project}/ is valid; the CLI still uses it, and Basecamp supports it. The problem was that v0.7.2 sent only the changed field (due_on), and this endpoint expects the full to-do. That's also why your raw workaround worked: it included content. Since v0.8.0, todos update reads the current to-do and sends it all back with your changes, so a due-date-only change sticks.
I checked this against the live API on current main: basecamp todos update <id> --due <date> changes due_on, both with an ID plus --in and with an app.basecamp.com URL. Upgrading should fix it for you. If it doesn't, reopen with -vv output from the new version.
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robzolkos commentedon Oct 5, 2026
Thanks for the detailed trace. This was fixed in v0.8.0 (#543).
The path without
/buckets/{project}/is valid; the CLI still uses it, and Basecamp supports it. The problem was that v0.7.2 sent only the changed field (due_on), and this endpoint expects the full to-do. That's also why your raw workaround worked: it includedcontent. Since v0.8.0,todos updatereads the current to-do and sends it all back with your changes, so a due-date-only change sticks.I checked this against the live API on current main:
basecamp todos update <id> --due <date>changesdue_on, both with an ID plus--inand with anapp.basecamp.comURL. Upgrading should fix it for you. If it doesn't, reopen with-vvoutput from the new version.