Create an organization (admin, main-only)

POST/v1/admin/orgs

Creates a new organization (org): generates its ES256 signing key, registers it in the runtime registry, and provisions its admin clients. The one-time admin M2M client secret is returned in the response. Requires the orgs.write permission, which only a platform role held in the main org grants.

POST/v1/admin/orgs

curl -X POST 'https://auth.example.com/v1/admin/orgs' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "slug": "string"
  }'

Response

201 Created

{
  "id": "string",
  "slug": "string",
  "display_name": "string",
  "is_main": false,
  "issuer": "string",
  "fips_mode": false,
  "fapi_mode": false,
  "email_verification_required": false,
  "created_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00Z"
}

Authorization

Bearer tokenOAuth 2.0nauthera.orgs:write

The access token must carry the scope shown.

Send it in the Authorization header:

The access token, as Bearer <token> (RFC 6750 §2.1) or, for a sender-constrained token, DPoP <token> (RFC 9449 §7.1). A token minted with a cnf.jkt confirmation is only accepted together with a DPoP proof signed by that key, whichever of the two schemes carries it.

The caller must also hold the permission orgs.write: Create, update and delete organizations.

Headers

DPoPstring
DPoP proof JWT (RFC 9449 §4). REQUIRED on a request presenting a DPoP-bound access token, and it must be signed by the key named in the token's cnf.jkt and cover this request's method and URI. The proof is read from the request itself rather than from this decoded parameter, so every protected operation is covered whether or not it declares it.

Request body

application/json

A new organization (org). slug must be a bare path segment and cannot be the reserved main slug ("default").

slugstringrequired
The org slug (lowercase alphanumeric and hyphens).
1–64 characters · pattern ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$
display_namestring
Defaults to the slug when omitted.
at most 200 characters
fips_modeboolean
Restrict the org to the FIPS 140-3 approved algorithm set. Refused with 409 by a server not running the validated module. Defaults to false and is fixed at creation.
fapi_modeboolean
Hold the org's clients to the FAPI 2.0 Security Profile. It only tightens the deployment-wide floor. Defaults to false.
email_verification_requiredboolean
Require a verified address before sign-in completes. Defaults to false.
brandingobject
The organization's default branding document. Its browser-facing URLs are held to the schemes a client's branding is.

No other properties are accepted.

Responses

201 Createdapplication/jsonThe organization was created.
The organization was created.
Headers
- Cache-Controlno-store
Body
An organization (org) as seen by the admin API. issuer is the org's canonical OIDC issuer. admin_m2m_secret is present ONLY in the 201 create response and carries the one-time admin M2M client secret; it is never returned again.
- idstringrequired
  The organization id (UUID).
- slugstringrequired
  The org slug (addressed at /orgs/{slug}).
- display_namestringrequired
- is_mainbooleanrequired
  Whether this is the main org (whose admins manage all orgs).
- issuerstringrequired
  The org's canonical OIDC issuer URL.
- fips_modebooleanrequired
  Whether the org is restricted to the FIPS 140-3 approved algorithm set. Fixed at creation.
- fapi_modebooleanrequired
  Whether the org holds its clients to the FAPI 2.0 Security Profile. The stored flag: a deployment-wide pushed-authorization requirement applies whatever it says.
- email_verification_requiredbooleanrequired
  Whether an account must have a verified address before sign-in or registration gives it a session. Until it verifies, a correct password gets the verification step and a link instead.
- created_atstring · date-timerequired
- updated_atstring · date-timerequired
- email_verification_blockedboolean
  Present, and true, when verification is required but the organization has no email relay: no link can be sent, so every unverified account is kept out until an administrator verifies it or a relay is configured.
- brandingobject
  The organization's default branding document, the shape a client's branding carries: every sign-in page under the organization wears it, with a client's own branding laid over it field by field. Absent when it has none.
- admin_m2m_secretstring
  One-time admin M2M client secret; present only in the create response.
401 Unauthorizedapplication/problem+jsonProblem details (RFC 9457) with an RFC 6750 / RFC 9449 challenge.
Problem details (RFC 9457) with an RFC 6750 / RFC 9449 challenge.
Headers
- Cache-Controlno-store
- WWW-Authenticatestring
- DPoP-Noncestring
Body
RFC 9457 (formerly RFC 7807) problem details (application/problem+json). code is a stable machine-readable slug for the problem kind (it mirrors the suffix of type), so consumers can branch on it without parsing prose. errors is present on validation failures and lists every offending field.
- titlestringrequired
  Example"Request validation failed"
- statusintegerrequired
  Example400
- typestring · uri
  Example"urn:problem-type:validation_error"
- detailstring
  Example"One or more fields did not satisfy the API schema."
- codeenum
  The kind of problem, as a stable machine-readable slug a client branches on and translates rather than parsing title or detail, which are English prose for logs. A problem whose status says everything the server knows carries no code.
  Show moreShow less
  validation_error is the one code whose message is not a sentence about the code itself: the request failed the schema, and the specifics are the errors list — one entry per offending field — which a form renders on those fields. required and malformed are spelled like two of the per-field violation codes (FieldError.code) but mean something else; the two vocabularies are told apart by position, never by spelling.
  
  Compatibility: this is a CLOSED enum, with the same cost as AuditAction: a client generated against an older version of this document rejects a problem carrying a code added after it was built. Regenerate on upgrade, or decode the field as a plain string. It is enumerated anyway so that what a client must translate is knowable from the contract alone.
  Possible values"invalid_request""invalid_credentials""forbidden""unauthorized""insufficient_user_authentication""protected_account""last_role_administrator""invalid_code""too_many_requests""too_many_attempts""account_locked""account_unavailable""already_enrolled""registration_disabled""registration_conflict""captcha_failed""invalid_reset_link""invalid_verification_link""invalid_invitation_link""mail_relay_missing""not_found""conflict""unavailable""busy""window_too_large""too_many_series""internal_error""rate_limited""malformed""body_too_large""required""validation_error""unknown_org""invalid_token""invalid_dpop_proof""use_dpop_nonce""server_error"
- instancestring
  Example"/introspect"
- request_idstring
  Example"8d94ed49-1caf-4ab3-9594-557142f2d023"
- trace_idstring
  Distributed-trace id (hex) for correlating this response with traces and logs. Present only when tracing is enabled and the request was recorded. Opaque and safe to log/share.
  Example"4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
- errorsarray of objects
  Field-level violations (present for validation errors).
  Each item:
  A single field-level validation violation.
  Show item attributesHide item attributes
  fieldstringrequired
  Offending field, dotted for nested bodies (e.g. child.id).
  Example"token_type_hint"
  codestringrequired
  Machine-readable violation code: required, too_short, too_long, pattern, invalid_format, not_allowed, minimum, maximum, multiple_of, too_few, too_many, not_unique, malformed.
  Example"not_allowed"
  messagestringrequired
  Example"field token_type_hint must be one of [access_token, refresh_token]"
403 Forbiddenapplication/problem+jsonProblem details (RFC 9457) with an RFC 6750 / RFC 9449 challenge.
Problem details (RFC 9457) with an RFC 6750 / RFC 9449 challenge.
Headers
- Cache-Controlno-store
- WWW-Authenticatestring
- DPoP-Noncestring
Body
RFC 9457 (formerly RFC 7807) problem details (application/problem+json). code is a stable machine-readable slug for the problem kind (it mirrors the suffix of type), so consumers can branch on it without parsing prose. errors is present on validation failures and lists every offending field.
- titlestringrequired
  Example"Request validation failed"
- statusintegerrequired
  Example400
- typestring · uri
  Example"urn:problem-type:validation_error"
- detailstring
  Example"One or more fields did not satisfy the API schema."
- codeenum
  The kind of problem, as a stable machine-readable slug a client branches on and translates rather than parsing title or detail, which are English prose for logs. A problem whose status says everything the server knows carries no code.
  Show moreShow less
  validation_error is the one code whose message is not a sentence about the code itself: the request failed the schema, and the specifics are the errors list — one entry per offending field — which a form renders on those fields. required and malformed are spelled like two of the per-field violation codes (FieldError.code) but mean something else; the two vocabularies are told apart by position, never by spelling.
  
  Compatibility: this is a CLOSED enum, with the same cost as AuditAction: a client generated against an older version of this document rejects a problem carrying a code added after it was built. Regenerate on upgrade, or decode the field as a plain string. It is enumerated anyway so that what a client must translate is knowable from the contract alone.
  Possible values"invalid_request""invalid_credentials""forbidden""unauthorized""insufficient_user_authentication""protected_account""last_role_administrator""invalid_code""too_many_requests""too_many_attempts""account_locked""account_unavailable""already_enrolled""registration_disabled""registration_conflict""captcha_failed""invalid_reset_link""invalid_verification_link""invalid_invitation_link""mail_relay_missing""not_found""conflict""unavailable""busy""window_too_large""too_many_series""internal_error""rate_limited""malformed""body_too_large""required""validation_error""unknown_org""invalid_token""invalid_dpop_proof""use_dpop_nonce""server_error"
- instancestring
  Example"/introspect"
- request_idstring
  Example"8d94ed49-1caf-4ab3-9594-557142f2d023"
- trace_idstring
  Distributed-trace id (hex) for correlating this response with traces and logs. Present only when tracing is enabled and the request was recorded. Opaque and safe to log/share.
  Example"4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
- errorsarray of objects
  Field-level violations (present for validation errors).
  Each item:
  A single field-level validation violation.
  Show item attributesHide item attributes
  fieldstringrequired
  Offending field, dotted for nested bodies (e.g. child.id).
  Example"token_type_hint"
  codestringrequired
  Machine-readable violation code: required, too_short, too_long, pattern, invalid_format, not_allowed, minimum, maximum, multiple_of, too_few, too_many, not_unique, malformed.
  Example"not_allowed"
  messagestringrequired
  Example"field token_type_hint must be one of [access_token, refresh_token]"
409 Conflictapplication/problem+jsonProblem details (RFC 9457).
Problem details (RFC 9457).
Body
RFC 9457 (formerly RFC 7807) problem details (application/problem+json). code is a stable machine-readable slug for the problem kind (it mirrors the suffix of type), so consumers can branch on it without parsing prose. errors is present on validation failures and lists every offending field.
- titlestringrequired
  Example"Request validation failed"
- statusintegerrequired
  Example400
- typestring · uri
  Example"urn:problem-type:validation_error"
- detailstring
  Example"One or more fields did not satisfy the API schema."
- codeenum
  The kind of problem, as a stable machine-readable slug a client branches on and translates rather than parsing title or detail, which are English prose for logs. A problem whose status says everything the server knows carries no code.
  Show moreShow less
  validation_error is the one code whose message is not a sentence about the code itself: the request failed the schema, and the specifics are the errors list — one entry per offending field — which a form renders on those fields. required and malformed are spelled like two of the per-field violation codes (FieldError.code) but mean something else; the two vocabularies are told apart by position, never by spelling.
  
  Compatibility: this is a CLOSED enum, with the same cost as AuditAction: a client generated against an older version of this document rejects a problem carrying a code added after it was built. Regenerate on upgrade, or decode the field as a plain string. It is enumerated anyway so that what a client must translate is knowable from the contract alone.
  Possible values"invalid_request""invalid_credentials""forbidden""unauthorized""insufficient_user_authentication""protected_account""last_role_administrator""invalid_code""too_many_requests""too_many_attempts""account_locked""account_unavailable""already_enrolled""registration_disabled""registration_conflict""captcha_failed""invalid_reset_link""invalid_verification_link""invalid_invitation_link""mail_relay_missing""not_found""conflict""unavailable""busy""window_too_large""too_many_series""internal_error""rate_limited""malformed""body_too_large""required""validation_error""unknown_org""invalid_token""invalid_dpop_proof""use_dpop_nonce""server_error"
- instancestring
  Example"/introspect"
- request_idstring
  Example"8d94ed49-1caf-4ab3-9594-557142f2d023"
- trace_idstring
  Distributed-trace id (hex) for correlating this response with traces and logs. Present only when tracing is enabled and the request was recorded. Opaque and safe to log/share.
  Example"4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
- errorsarray of objects
  Field-level violations (present for validation errors).
  Each item:
  A single field-level validation violation.
  Show item attributesHide item attributes
  fieldstringrequired
  Offending field, dotted for nested bodies (e.g. child.id).
  Example"token_type_hint"
  codestringrequired
  Machine-readable violation code: required, too_short, too_long, pattern, invalid_format, not_allowed, minimum, maximum, multiple_of, too_few, too_many, not_unique, malformed.
  Example"not_allowed"
  messagestringrequired
  Example"field token_type_hint must be one of [access_token, refresh_token]"
429 Too Many Requestsapplication/problem+jsonToo many requests.
Too many requests.
Body
RFC 9457 (formerly RFC 7807) problem details (application/problem+json). code is a stable machine-readable slug for the problem kind (it mirrors the suffix of type), so consumers can branch on it without parsing prose. errors is present on validation failures and lists every offending field.
- titlestringrequired
  Example"Request validation failed"
- statusintegerrequired
  Example400
- typestring · uri
  Example"urn:problem-type:validation_error"
- detailstring
  Example"One or more fields did not satisfy the API schema."
- codeenum
  The kind of problem, as a stable machine-readable slug a client branches on and translates rather than parsing title or detail, which are English prose for logs. A problem whose status says everything the server knows carries no code.
  Show moreShow less
  validation_error is the one code whose message is not a sentence about the code itself: the request failed the schema, and the specifics are the errors list — one entry per offending field — which a form renders on those fields. required and malformed are spelled like two of the per-field violation codes (FieldError.code) but mean something else; the two vocabularies are told apart by position, never by spelling.
  
  Compatibility: this is a CLOSED enum, with the same cost as AuditAction: a client generated against an older version of this document rejects a problem carrying a code added after it was built. Regenerate on upgrade, or decode the field as a plain string. It is enumerated anyway so that what a client must translate is knowable from the contract alone.
  Possible values"invalid_request""invalid_credentials""forbidden""unauthorized""insufficient_user_authentication""protected_account""last_role_administrator""invalid_code""too_many_requests""too_many_attempts""account_locked""account_unavailable""already_enrolled""registration_disabled""registration_conflict""captcha_failed""invalid_reset_link""invalid_verification_link""invalid_invitation_link""mail_relay_missing""not_found""conflict""unavailable""busy""window_too_large""too_many_series""internal_error""rate_limited""malformed""body_too_large""required""validation_error""unknown_org""invalid_token""invalid_dpop_proof""use_dpop_nonce""server_error"
- instancestring
  Example"/introspect"
- request_idstring
  Example"8d94ed49-1caf-4ab3-9594-557142f2d023"
- trace_idstring
  Distributed-trace id (hex) for correlating this response with traces and logs. Present only when tracing is enabled and the request was recorded. Opaque and safe to log/share.
  Example"4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
- errorsarray of objects
  Field-level violations (present for validation errors).
  Each item:
  A single field-level validation violation.
  Show item attributesHide item attributes
  fieldstringrequired
  Offending field, dotted for nested bodies (e.g. child.id).
  Example"token_type_hint"
  codestringrequired
  Machine-readable violation code: required, too_short, too_long, pattern, invalid_format, not_allowed, minimum, maximum, multiple_of, too_few, too_many, not_unique, malformed.
  Example"not_allowed"
  messagestringrequired
  Example"field token_type_hint must be one of [access_token, refresh_token]"
Errorapplication/problem+jsonProblem details (RFC 9457) with an RFC 6750 / RFC 9449 challenge.
Problem details (RFC 9457) with an RFC 6750 / RFC 9449 challenge.
Headers
- Cache-Controlno-store
- WWW-Authenticatestring
- DPoP-Noncestring
Body
RFC 9457 (formerly RFC 7807) problem details (application/problem+json). code is a stable machine-readable slug for the problem kind (it mirrors the suffix of type), so consumers can branch on it without parsing prose. errors is present on validation failures and lists every offending field.
- titlestringrequired
  Example"Request validation failed"
- statusintegerrequired
  Example400
- typestring · uri
  Example"urn:problem-type:validation_error"
- detailstring
  Example"One or more fields did not satisfy the API schema."
- codeenum
  The kind of problem, as a stable machine-readable slug a client branches on and translates rather than parsing title or detail, which are English prose for logs. A problem whose status says everything the server knows carries no code.
  Show moreShow less
  validation_error is the one code whose message is not a sentence about the code itself: the request failed the schema, and the specifics are the errors list — one entry per offending field — which a form renders on those fields. required and malformed are spelled like two of the per-field violation codes (FieldError.code) but mean something else; the two vocabularies are told apart by position, never by spelling.
  
  Compatibility: this is a CLOSED enum, with the same cost as AuditAction: a client generated against an older version of this document rejects a problem carrying a code added after it was built. Regenerate on upgrade, or decode the field as a plain string. It is enumerated anyway so that what a client must translate is knowable from the contract alone.
  Possible values"invalid_request""invalid_credentials""forbidden""unauthorized""insufficient_user_authentication""protected_account""last_role_administrator""invalid_code""too_many_requests""too_many_attempts""account_locked""account_unavailable""already_enrolled""registration_disabled""registration_conflict""captcha_failed""invalid_reset_link""invalid_verification_link""invalid_invitation_link""mail_relay_missing""not_found""conflict""unavailable""busy""window_too_large""too_many_series""internal_error""rate_limited""malformed""body_too_large""required""validation_error""unknown_org""invalid_token""invalid_dpop_proof""use_dpop_nonce""server_error"
- instancestring
  Example"/introspect"
- request_idstring
  Example"8d94ed49-1caf-4ab3-9594-557142f2d023"
- trace_idstring
  Distributed-trace id (hex) for correlating this response with traces and logs. Present only when tracing is enabled and the request was recorded. Opaque and safe to log/share.
  Example"4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
- errorsarray of objects
  Field-level violations (present for validation errors).
  Each item:
  A single field-level validation violation.
  Show item attributesHide item attributes
  fieldstringrequired
  Offending field, dotted for nested bodies (e.g. child.id).
  Example"token_type_hint"
  codestringrequired
  Machine-readable violation code: required, too_short, too_long, pattern, invalid_format, not_allowed, minimum, maximum, multiple_of, too_few, too_many, not_unique, malformed.
  Example"not_allowed"
  messagestringrequired
  Example"field token_type_hint must be one of [access_token, refresh_token]"

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Create an organization (admin, main-only)

POST/v1/admin/orgs

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