**To get the patch summary states for instances** This ``describe-instance-patch-states`` example gets the patch summary states for an instance. :: aws ssm describe-instance-patch-states \ --instance-ids "i-1234567890abcdef0" Output:: { "InstancePatchStates": [ { "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "PatchGroup": "my-patch-group", "BaselineId": "pb-0713accee01234567", "SnapshotId": "521c3536-930c-4aa9-950e-01234567abcd", "CriticalNonCompliantCount": 2, "SecurityNonCompliantCount": 2, "OtherNonCompliantCount": 1, "InstalledCount": 123, "InstalledOtherCount": 334, "InstalledPendingRebootCount": 0, "InstalledRejectedCount": 0, "MissingCount": 1, "FailedCount": 2, "UnreportedNotApplicableCount": 11, "NotApplicableCount": 2063, "OperationStartTime": "2021-05-03T11:00:56-07:00", "OperationEndTime": "2021-05-03T11:01:09-07:00", "Operation": "Scan", "LastNoRebootInstallOperationTime": "2020-06-14T12:17:41-07:00", "RebootOption": "RebootIfNeeded" } ] } For more information, see `About Patch Compliance <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/about-patch-compliance.html>`__ in the *AWS Systems Manager User Guide*.