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Update a role

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

Updates a role's name, description, and/or is_active flag by id. A name that collides with another role in the Environment returns 409, and a missing role returns 404. Supports optimistic concurrency via the If-Match header carrying the role's current version (409 on a version mismatch). Requires the rbac.manage_roles permission.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization

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

Requires capability env_roles.manageDeveloper Console

Create, edit, and delete roles and set their permissions. Granted through an administrator role in the Admin Workspace; a valid token without it is refused with 403.

Path Parameters

idstring Required

Headers

  • if-match required
  • If-Match

    Optimistic-lock version of the resource. Send the `version` field returned on read; the server rejects with 409 if the row has changed since.

Request body

application/json

namestring Optional

Updated role name

descriptionstring Optional

Updated role description

is_activeboolean Optional

Whether the role is active

Responses

application/json

  • dataRoleResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

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.

Returned object

RoleResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X PATCH "https://auth.canopy-io.com/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/applications/{appSlug}/environments/{envSlug}/roles/value" \
  -H "if-match: value" \
  -H "If-Match: value" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANOPY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "is_active": false
  }'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "application_id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "is_system_role": false,
    "system_key": "string",
    "is_active": false,
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "version": 0,
    "permission_count": 0,
    "member_count": 0
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETList roles
POSTCreate a custom role
GETGet a role
DELETEDelete a role
GETGet permissions for a role
PUTReplace permissions on a role
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