> ## Documentation Index
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# Understanding Update Project ACLs

export const plans_0 = "Any"

export const deployments_0 = "Any"

export const data_plane_version_0 = undefined

export const use_case_0 = undefined

<Note>
  **Applies to:**

  * Plan - {plans_0}
  * Deployment - {deployments_0}
  * {data_plane_version_0}
  * {use_case_0}
</Note>

Summary

**Goal:** Understand which project actions require the update permission in Braintrust.

**Features:** Project-level access control (ACL), permission management, retention policies.

## What Update Permission Allows

### Project-Level Resources

* **Project:** Edit name and description
* **Project scores:** Create, update, delete human review scores (not automated evaluation scores)
* **Project tags:** Create, update, delete
* **Span iframes:** Create, update, delete
* **MCP servers:** Create, update, delete
* **Project automations:** Create, update, delete retention policies and other automations

### Project Resources

* **Experiments:** Modify metadata and experiment data
* **Datasets:** Modify dataset metadata and rows
* **Logs:** Modify logs in the project

## What Update Permission Does Not Include

* **Delete:** Deleting projects or resources requires separate Delete permission
* **Manage access:** Changing access permissions requires separate Manage access permission
* **Create:** Creating new experiments, datasets, or logs requires separate Create permission