**To update the association status** The following ``update-association-status`` example updates the association status of the association between an instance and a document. :: aws ssm update-association-status \ --name "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent" \ --instance-id "i-1234567890abcdef0" \ --association-status "Date=1424421071.939,Name=Pending,Message=temp_status_change,AdditionalInfo=Additional-Config-Needed" Output:: { "AssociationDescription": { "Name": "AWS-UpdateSSMAgent", "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "AssociationVersion": "1", "Date": 1550507529.604, "LastUpdateAssociationDate": 1550507806.974, "Status": { "Date": 1424421071.0, "Name": "Pending", "Message": "temp_status_change", "AdditionalInfo": "Additional-Config-Needed" }, "Overview": { "Status": "Success", "AssociationStatusAggregatedCount": { "Success": 1 } }, "DocumentVersion": "$DEFAULT", "AssociationId": "8dfe3659-4309-493a-8755-0123456789ab", "Targets": [ { "Key": "InstanceIds", "Values": [ "i-1234567890abcdef0" ] } ], "LastExecutionDate": 1550507808.0, "LastSuccessfulExecutionDate": 1550507808.0 } } For more information, see `Working with associations in Systems Manager `__ in the *AWS Systems Manager User Guide*.