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Update an identity

PATCH/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/applications/{appSlug}/environments/{envSlug}/identities/{id}

Updates an identity's mutable profile fields (first_name, last_name, is_active, metadata) in the current Environment. email and external_id are immutable here — external_id is owned by the SSO/SCIM provisioning path and cannot be re-pointed through this endpoint. Returns the updated identity and writes an identity.updated audit row for the profile fields; a change to is_active writes identity.status_set instead, the account-wide activation switch. Returns 404 when the identity has no membership in this Environment.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization

JWT access token. Never send alongside X-API-Key: a request carrying both is refused.

Requires capability env_identities.manageDeveloper Console

Create, invite, edit, and remove identities and assign their roles. Granted through an administrator role in the Admin Workspace; a valid token without it is refused with 403.

Production Environments require production_identities.accessDeveloper Console

Access identities in production Environments. Applies to users only, and only in an Environment marked production: its identities are real end users. API keys and identity principals are exempt.

Path Parameters

idstring Required

Request body

application/json

first_namestring Optional
last_namestring Optional
is_activeboolean Optional
metadataobject Optional

Responses

application/json

  • dataIdentityResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

Errors

When the request can't be completed, the response body includes a stable error code you can branch on.

403account.capability_requiredForbidden
When it happens

The signed-in user's administrator roles do not grant the capability this endpoint requires.

Remediation

Ask an account administrator to grant a role carrying the capability named in the Authentication section, then retry.

403environment.production_identities_forbiddenForbidden
When it happens

The Environment is marked production and the caller is a user without production identity access.

Remediation

Manage these people in the Admin Workspace, or ask an administrator to grant the Production Support role, then retry.

Returned object

IdentityResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X PATCH "https://auth.canopy-io.com/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/applications/{appSlug}/environments/{envSlug}/identities/value" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANOPY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "is_active": false,
    "metadata": {}
  }'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "avatar_url": "string",
    "external_id": "string",
    "is_active": false,
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETList identities in Application
POSTCreate an identity
GETList identities with their role assignments
GETGet Application identities summary
POSTBulk-create identities
POSTRecord a bulk-import wizard completion
GETGet an identity
DELETERemove an identity
GETGet identity detail with role assignments
POSTActivate an identity
POSTDeactivate an identity
GETGet identity's role assignments
GETGet identity's effective permissions
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