# Forcing "updated\_ts" update using "mender send-inventory"

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/forcing-updated-ts-update-using-mender-send-inventory/6876>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [June 7, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/forcing-updated-ts-update-using-mender-send-inventory/6876 "2024-06-07T19:15:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/forcing-updated-ts-update-using-mender-send-inventory/6876/1 "2024-06-07T19:15:20Z")

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As part of our quality checks before shipping devices, I want to connect the device to the internet and force it to check in with Mender. I achieve this using the `sudo mender send-inventory` command over an SSH connection. However when I pull from the Mender API `/api/management/v1/inventory/devices`, the `updated_ts` does not appear to change every time.

This [post](https://hub.mender.io/t/query-last-connected-time-via-management-api/3797/3) indicates that the timestamp should be usable as a true “last connected” timestamp. Is there something I’m missing, such as this timestamp not updating on the backend if the content posted by the Mender client with `sudo mender send-inventory` hasn’t changed?