Authentik Lifecycle API
Identity lifecycle operations, including scheduled user offboarding with session and token revocation and a cancellable pending state.
Identity lifecycle operations, including scheduled user offboarding with session and token revocation and a cancellable pending state.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: authentik Lifecycle API
version: 2026.11.0-rc1
description: Making authentication simple.
contact:
email: hello@goauthentik.io
license:
name: MIT
url: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/blob/main/LICENSE
x-source-url: https://api.goauthentik.io/schema.yml
x-last-validated: '2026-09-04'
servers:
- url: /api/v3
tags:
- name: lifecycle
paths:
/lifecycle/iterations/:
post:
operationId: lifecycle_iterations_create
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
tags:
- lifecycle
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleIterationRequest'
required: true
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'201':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleIteration'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
/lifecycle/iterations/latest/{content_type}/{object_id}/:
get:
operationId: lifecycle_iterations_list_latest
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
parameters:
- in: path
name: content_type
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^[^/]+$
required: true
- in: path
name: object_id
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^[^/]+$
required: true
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationOrdering'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QuerySearch'
- in: query
name: user_is_reviewer
schema:
type: boolean
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleIteration'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
/lifecycle/iterations/open/:
get:
operationId: lifecycle_iterations_list_open
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationOrdering'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPage'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPageSize'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QuerySearch'
- in: query
name: user_is_reviewer
schema:
type: boolean
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedLifecycleIterationList'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
/lifecycle/reviews/:
post:
operationId: lifecycle_reviews_create
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
tags:
- lifecycle
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ReviewRequest'
required: true
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'201':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Review'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
/lifecycle/rules/:
get:
operationId: lifecycle_rules_list
parameters:
- in: query
name: content_type__model
schema:
type: string
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationOrdering'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPage'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPageSize'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QuerySearch'
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedLifecycleRuleList'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
post:
operationId: lifecycle_rules_create
tags:
- lifecycle
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRuleRequest'
required: true
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'201':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRule'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
/lifecycle/rules/{id}/:
get:
operationId: lifecycle_rules_retrieve
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
description: A UUID string identifying this lifecycle rule.
required: true
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRule'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
put:
operationId: lifecycle_rules_update
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
description: A UUID string identifying this lifecycle rule.
required: true
tags:
- lifecycle
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRuleRequest'
required: true
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRule'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
patch:
operationId: lifecycle_rules_partial_update
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
description: A UUID string identifying this lifecycle rule.
required: true
tags:
- lifecycle
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchedLifecycleRuleRequest'
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRule'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
delete:
operationId: lifecycle_rules_destroy
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
description: A UUID string identifying this lifecycle rule.
required: true
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'204':
description: No response body
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
/lifecycle/user_offboarding/:
get:
operationId: lifecycle_user_offboarding_list
parameters:
- in: query
name: action
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OffboardingActionEnum'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationOrdering'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPage'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QueryPaginationPageSize'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/QuerySearch'
- in: query
name: status
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OffboardingStatusEnum'
- in: query
name: user__uuid
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedUserOffboardingList'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
post:
operationId: lifecycle_user_offboarding_create
tags:
- lifecycle
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserOffboardingRequest'
required: true
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'201':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserOffboarding'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
/lifecycle/user_offboarding/{id}/:
get:
operationId: lifecycle_user_offboarding_retrieve
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
description: A UUID string identifying this User Offboarding.
required: true
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'200':
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserOffboarding'
description: ''
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
delete:
operationId: lifecycle_user_offboarding_destroy
description: 'Cancel a pending offboarding instead of deleting the record.
The row is retained (as `CANCELED`) so the offboarding stays visible in
the audit history; deletion would erase who scheduled and cancelled it.
You cannot cancel an offboarding that targets you.'
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
description: A UUID string identifying this User Offboarding.
required: true
tags:
- lifecycle
security:
- authentik: []
responses:
'204':
description: No response body
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationErrorResponse'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/GenericErrorResponse'
components:
parameters:
QueryPaginationOrdering:
in: query
name: ordering
schema:
type: string
description: Which field to use when ordering the results.
QuerySearch:
in: query
name: search
schema:
type: string
description: A search term.
QueryPaginationPage:
in: query
name: page
schema:
type: integer
description: A page number within the paginated result set.
QueryPaginationPageSize:
in: query
name: page_size
schema:
type: integer
description: Number of results to return per page.
schemas:
PatchedLifecycleRuleRequest:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
name:
type: string
minLength: 1
content_type:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentTypeEnum'
object_id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
minLength: 1
interval:
type: string
minLength: 1
grace_period:
type: string
minLength: 1
reviewer_groups:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
min_reviewers:
type: integer
maximum: 32767
minimum: 0
min_reviewers_is_per_group:
type: boolean
reviewers:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
notification_transports:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
description: Select which transports should be used to notify the reviewers. If none are selected, the notification will only be shown in the authentik UI.
PaginatedLifecycleIterationList:
type: object
properties:
pagination:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleIteration'
autocomplete:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Autocomplete'
required:
- autocomplete
- pagination
- results
LifecycleRule:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
readOnly: true
name:
type: string
content_type:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentTypeEnum'
object_id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
interval:
type: string
grace_period:
type: string
reviewer_groups:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
reviewer_groups_obj:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialGroup'
readOnly: true
min_reviewers:
type: integer
maximum: 32767
minimum: 0
min_reviewers_is_per_group:
type: boolean
reviewers:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
reviewers_obj:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialUser'
readOnly: true
notification_transports:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
description: Select which transports should be used to notify the reviewers. If none are selected, the notification will only be shown in the authentik UI.
target_verbose:
type: string
readOnly: true
required:
- content_type
- id
- name
- reviewer_groups_obj
- reviewers
- reviewers_obj
- target_verbose
LifecycleIterationStateEnum:
enum:
- REVIEWED
- PENDING
- OVERDUE
- CANCELED
type: string
Pagination:
type: object
properties:
next:
type: number
previous:
type: number
count:
type: number
current:
type: number
total_pages:
type: number
start_index:
type: number
end_index:
type: number
required:
- count
- current
- end_index
- next
- previous
- start_index
- total_pages
Review:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
readOnly: true
iteration:
type: string
format: uuid
reviewer:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialUser'
readOnly: true
timestamp:
type: string
format: date-time
readOnly: true
note:
type:
- string
- 'null'
required:
- id
- iteration
- reviewer
- timestamp
LifecycleIterationRequest:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
content_type:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentTypeEnum'
required:
- content_type
LifecycleRuleRequest:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
name:
type: string
minLength: 1
content_type:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentTypeEnum'
object_id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
minLength: 1
interval:
type: string
minLength: 1
grace_period:
type: string
minLength: 1
reviewer_groups:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
min_reviewers:
type: integer
maximum: 32767
minimum: 0
min_reviewers_is_per_group:
type: boolean
reviewers:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
notification_transports:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: uuid
description: Select which transports should be used to notify the reviewers. If none are selected, the notification will only be shown in the authentik UI.
required:
- content_type
- name
- reviewers
OffboardingStatusEnum:
enum:
- pending
- completed
- failed
- canceled
type: string
ValidationError:
type: object
description: Validation Error
properties:
non_field_errors:
type: array
items:
type: string
code:
type: string
additionalProperties: {}
PaginatedUserOffboardingList:
type: object
properties:
pagination:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserOffboarding'
autocomplete:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Autocomplete'
required:
- autocomplete
- pagination
- results
ReviewRequest:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
iteration:
type: string
format: uuid
note:
type:
- string
- 'null'
minLength: 1
required:
- iteration
Autocomplete:
type: object
additionalProperties: {}
ContentTypeEnum:
enum:
- authentik_core.application
- authentik_core.group
- authentik_rbac.role
type: string
OffboardingActionEnum:
enum:
- deactivate
- delete
type: string
RelatedRule:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
name:
type: string
reviewer_groups:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialGroup'
readOnly: true
min_reviewers:
type: integer
readOnly: true
reviewers:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialUser'
readOnly: true
required:
- min_reviewers
- name
- reviewer_groups
- reviewers
UserOffboardingRequest:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
user:
type: integer
scheduled_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Absolute time at which the offboarding action is executed.
action:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OffboardingActionEnum'
revoke_sessions:
type: boolean
description: Revoke all of the user's sessions when offboarding.
revoke_tokens:
type: boolean
description: Revoke all of the user's tokens when offboarding.
required:
- scheduled_at
- user
PartialUser:
type: object
description: Partial User Serializer, does not include child relations.
properties:
pk:
type: integer
readOnly: true
title: ID
username:
type: string
description: Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.
pattern: ^[\w.@+-]+$
maxLength: 150
name:
type: string
description: User's display name.
is_active:
type: boolean
title: Active
description: Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.
last_login:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: date-time
email:
type: string
format: email
title: Email address
maxLength: 254
attributes:
type: object
additionalProperties: {}
uid:
type: string
readOnly: true
required:
- name
- pk
- uid
- username
PaginatedLifecycleRuleList:
type: object
properties:
pagination:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleRule'
autocomplete:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Autocomplete'
required:
- autocomplete
- pagination
- results
UserOffboarding:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
readOnly: true
user:
type: integer
user_obj:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialUser'
readOnly: true
scheduled_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Absolute time at which the offboarding action is executed.
action:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OffboardingActionEnum'
revoke_sessions:
type: boolean
description: Revoke all of the user's sessions when offboarding.
revoke_tokens:
type: boolean
description: Revoke all of the user's tokens when offboarding.
status:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/OffboardingStatusEnum'
readOnly: true
created_by_obj:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialUser'
readOnly: true
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
readOnly: true
executed_at:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: date-time
readOnly: true
required:
- created_at
- created_by_obj
- executed_at
- id
- scheduled_at
- status
- user
- user_obj
PartialGroup:
type: object
description: Partial Group Serializer, does not include child relations.
properties:
pk:
type: string
format: uuid
readOnly: true
title: Group uuid
num_pk:
type: integer
description: Get a numerical, int32 ID for the group
readOnly: true
name:
type: string
is_superuser:
type: boolean
description: Users added to this group will be superusers.
attributes:
type: object
additionalProperties: {}
required:
- name
- num_pk
- pk
GenericError:
type: object
description: Generic API Error
properties:
detail:
type: string
code:
type: string
required:
- detail
LifecycleIteration:
type: object
description: 'Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license
exists before allowing to save the object'
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
readOnly: true
content_type:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentTypeEnum'
object_id:
type: string
readOnly: true
object_verbose:
type: string
readOnly: true
object_admin_url:
type: string
readOnly: true
state:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/LifecycleIterationStateEnum'
readOnly: true
opened_on:
type: string
format: date-time
readOnly: true
grace_period_end:
type: string
format: date-time
readOnly: true
next_review_date:
type: string
format: date-time
readOnly: true
reviews:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Review'
readOnly: true
rule:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelatedRule'
readOnly: true
user_can_review:
type: boolean
readOnly: true
required:
- content_type
- grace_period_end
- id
- next_review_date
- object_admin_url
- object_id
- object_verbose
- opened_on
- reviews
- rule
- state
- user_can_review
responses:
GenericErrorResponse:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericError'
description: ''
ValidationErrorResponse:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
description: ''
securitySchemes:
authentik:
type: http
scheme: bearer
authentik_device_auth:
type: http
scheme: bearer+agent
authentik_device_enroll:
type: http
scheme: bearer
authentik_device_federation:
type: http
scheme: bearer