Provisioning API · Internal testing only
updatePersona
const url = 'https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/personas/per_01k5n7qd2vb8ye4ka3mzt9rf6x';const options = { method: 'PATCH', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"first_name":"Ava","last_name":"Stone","external_id":"crm-8421"}'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request PATCH \ --url https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/personas/per_01k5n7qd2vb8ye4ka3mzt9rf6x \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "first_name": "Ava", "last_name": "Stone", "external_id": "crm-8421" }'Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters”Persona TypeIDs are accepted case-insensitively. Responses use canonical lowercase.
Request Bodyrequired
Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”object
Non-blank; U+0000 is rejected.
Non-blank; U+0000 is rejected.
U+0000 is rejected when present.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”Persona updated
object
Canonical lowercase TypeID. Legacy Personas can encode UUIDv4; new Personas created through this API encode UUIDv7.
New API writes are non-blank; a legacy row can contain an empty value.
New API writes are non-blank; a legacy row can contain an empty value.
Opaque and case-sensitive; unique per owning Account within the Persona resource type.
Null only for legacy rows; new API-created Personas always carry a timestamp.
Null only for legacy rows; new API-created Personas always carry a timestamp.
Example
{ "id": "per_01k5n7qd2vb8ye4ka3mzt9rf6x", "object": "persona", "workspace_id": "wsp_01k5n2rf8bd3xa9e7m4jt6vq5h", "first_name": "Ava", "last_name": "Stone", "external_id": "crm-8421", "created_at": "2026-04-15T09:15:04Z", "updated_at": "2026-04-16T11:02:37Z"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.
Authentication required. The example shows authentication_required; this status is also answered with invalid_api_key. Branch on code, not on the status.
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
Example
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/authentication_required", "title": "Authentication required", "status": 401, "detail": "Provide an active Provisioning API Key as a Bearer token.", "code": "authentication_required", "retryable": false, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.
Account inactive. The example shows account_inactive; this status is also answered with insufficient_proof. Branch on code, not on the status.
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
Example
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/account_inactive", "title": "Account inactive", "status": 403, "detail": "This account is inactive.", "code": "account_inactive", "retryable": false, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.
Not found. The example shows not_found.
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
Example
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/not_found", "title": "Not found", "status": 404, "detail": "The requested resource was not found.", "code": "not_found", "retryable": false, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.
An inbox row references the Persona, or the owning Account already uses external_id.
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
Examples
Persona is in use
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/persona_in_use", "title": "Persona is in use", "status": 409, "detail": "Create a new persona for future inboxes. A persona already in use cannot be updated or deleted.", "code": "persona_in_use", "retryable": false, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3"}External ID already in use
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/external_id_conflict", "title": "External ID already in use", "status": 409, "detail": "Choose a different external_id, or retrieve the existing resource using this external_id.", "code": "external_id_conflict", "retryable": false, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.
Validation failed. The example shows validation_error; this status is also answered with idempotency_mismatch, invalid_sealed_value, mailbox_upload_unavailable, provider_credentials_invalid, domains_not_bound, sequencer_targets_mixed. Branch on code, not on the status.
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
Example
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/validation_error", "title": "Validation failed", "status": 422, "detail": "One or more request fields are invalid.", "code": "validation_error", "retryable": false, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3", "errors": { "display_name": [ "The display name must not be blank." ] }}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.
Rate limit exceeded. The example shows rate_limit_exceeded.
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
Example
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/rate_limit_exceeded", "title": "Rate limit exceeded", "status": 429, "detail": "Too many requests were made for this policy.", "code": "rate_limit_exceeded", "retryable": true, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3", "retry_after": "2026-04-15T09:16:04Z"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.
Service unavailable. The example shows service_unavailable; this status is also answered with encryption_keys_unavailable, provider_unreachable. Branch on code, not on the status.
object
Extensible enum. Branch on this, never on title. New codes may appear at any time, so treat an unrecognised one as its HTTP status; GET /problems lists every code this version can answer with, and GET /problems/{code} resolves one.
object
Example
{ "type": "https://api.builders.ac/api/provisioning/v1alpha1/problems/service_unavailable", "title": "Service unavailable", "status": 503, "detail": "Retry the request later; the service is temporarily unavailable.", "code": "service_unavailable", "retryable": true, "correlation_id": "9f1c2b7a-3d5e-4c81-9a77-2f6b0e4d51c3"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”The id of this request, echoed on every response and repeated in the correlation_id member of a problem body. Quote it in support requests.