Internal Users

Suspend an internal user

POST/internal-users/{id}/actions/suspend
internal-users:writesuspend_internal_userIdempotent

Moves an internal user from any other status to suspended and ends their sessions. notify sends the account-disabled email; remove_distribution leaves every distribution list. One already suspended returns 200 with no email or event; a SCIM-managed user returns 409 scim_managed. Emits internal_user.suspended and the legacy user.updated. POST /internal-users/{id}/actions/activate undoes it, not the list removal. Replaces PATCH .../{userId}/status.

Path parameters

  • idstring (uuid)Required#

    The internal user's id, a uuid. An unknown user, or one outside the token's organisation, returns 404.

Query parameters

  • dry_runboolean#

    Validate and run the call without committing it, returning what the real call would return with meta.dry_run set.

Headers

  • Idempotency-Keystring#

    Makes a retry safe. Send a new UUID for each new request and reuse it only to retry that request; the first response is replayed for 24 hours.

Request body

application/json, optional · InternalUserSuspend

  • notifystring#

    none sends no email; email and password both send the account-disabled email.

    One of: none, email, passwordDefault: "none"
  • remove_distributionboolean#

    True removes the internal user from every distribution list.

    Default: false
{
  "notify": "email",
  "remove_distribution": true
}

Responses

200

The internal user, now suspended.

InternalUser
{
  "data": {
    "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "status": "active",
    "external_id": "string",
    "sso_id": "string",
    "invite": {
      "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
      "status": "invited",
      "expires_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00"
    },
    "two_factor_enabled": true,
    "last_login": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
    "created_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
    "groups": [
      {
        "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
        "name": "string"
      }
    ],
    "invites": [
      {
        "id": "9a9d1c5e-4f2b-4c8e-9a7d-2f1e6b3c4d5a",
        "type": "string",
        "status": "string",
        "email": "string",
        "expires_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
        "invited_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00",
        "created_at": "2026-06-12T10:00:00+00:00"
      }
    ],
    "roles": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "string",
        "label": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
}
401

Authentication failed. error.code is one of invalid_token, expired, revoked.

Error
403

Authorization failed. error.code is one of org_disabled, ip_blocked, missing_scope, scope_disabled, user_disabled.

Error
404

Resource not found (error.code = not_found).

Error
409

The request conflicts with existing state (error.code = conflict), e.g. a compliance flow with the requested name already exists.

Error
422

The request can't be processed (HTTP 422): validation_failed with one ErrorDetail per problem, or a code documented on the operation.

Error
429

Rate limit exceeded (error.code = rate_limited).

Error

Examples

curl -X POST https://your-org-domain/kong/core/api/v2/internal-users/{id}/actions/suspend\
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HELM_API_KEY"\
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"\
  -d '{
  "notify": "email",
  "remove_distribution": true
}'