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Authentik Lifecycle API

Identity lifecycle operations, including scheduled user offboarding with session and token revocation and a cancellable pending state.

Authentik Lifecycle API is one of 27 APIs that Authentik publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include lifecycle. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 14 operations across 8 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2026.11.0-rc1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /api/v3.

14 operations 8 paths 23 schemas 2 DELETE6 GET1 PATCH4 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2026.11.0-rc1
Base URL
https://{authentik_host}/api/v3
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer+Agent, HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 4

Authentik Lifecycle API declares 4 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (authentik). It uses HTTP bearer+agent authentication (authentik_device_auth). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (authentik_device_enroll). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (authentik_device_federation).

Paths & Operations 14

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 2 DELETE, 6 GET, 1 PATCH, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

lifecycle 14
POST
/lifecycle/iterations/
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
lifecycle_iterations_create body → 201400403
GET
/lifecycle/iterations/latest/{content_type}/{object_id}/
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
lifecycle_iterations_list_latest 5 params → 200400403
GET
/lifecycle/iterations/open/
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
lifecycle_iterations_list_open 5 params → 200400403
POST
/lifecycle/reviews/
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
lifecycle_reviews_create body → 201400403
GET
/lifecycle/rules/
lifecycle_rules_list 5 params → 200400403
POST
/lifecycle/rules/
lifecycle_rules_create body → 201400403
GET
/lifecycle/rules/{id}/
lifecycle_rules_retrieve 1 param → 200400403
PUT
/lifecycle/rules/{id}/
lifecycle_rules_update 1 param body → 200400403
PATCH
/lifecycle/rules/{id}/
lifecycle_rules_partial_update 1 param body → 200400403
DELETE
/lifecycle/rules/{id}/
lifecycle_rules_destroy 1 param → 204400403
GET
/lifecycle/user_offboarding/
lifecycle_user_offboarding_list 7 params → 200400403
POST
/lifecycle/user_offboarding/
lifecycle_user_offboarding_create body → 201400403
GET
/lifecycle/user_offboarding/{id}/
lifecycle_user_offboarding_retrieve 1 param → 200400403
DELETE
/lifecycle/user_offboarding/{id}/
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…
lifecycle_user_offboarding_destroy 1 param → 204400403

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are LifecycleRule (14 properties), LifecycleIteration (12 properties), UserOffboarding (11 properties), LifecycleRuleRequest (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PatchedLifecycleRuleRequest
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
10 properties
PaginatedLifecycleIterationList
object
3 properties 3 required
LifecycleRule
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
14 properties 7 required
LifecycleIterationStateEnum
string
Pagination
object
7 properties 7 required
Review
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
5 properties 4 required
LifecycleIterationRequest
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
1 property 1 required
LifecycleRuleRequest
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
10 properties 3 required
OffboardingStatusEnum
string
ValidationError
object
Validation Error
2 properties
PaginatedUserOffboardingList
object
3 properties 3 required
ReviewRequest
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
2 properties 1 required
Autocomplete
object
ContentTypeEnum
string
OffboardingActionEnum
string
RelatedRule
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
5 properties 4 required
UserOffboardingRequest
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
5 properties 2 required
PartialUser
object
Partial User Serializer, does not include child relations.
8 properties 4 required
PaginatedLifecycleRuleList
object
3 properties 3 required
UserOffboarding
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
11 properties 8 required
PartialGroup
object
Partial Group Serializer, does not include child relations.
5 properties 3 required
GenericError
object
Generic API Error
2 properties 1 required
LifecycleIteration
object
Mixin to validate that a valid enterprise license exists before allowing to save the object
12 properties 12 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

authentik-lifecycle-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Authentik publishes across the network.

Authentik Core API
Authentik Crypto API
Authentik Events API
Authentik Flows API
Authentik Policies API
Authentik Providers API
Authentik RBAC API
Authentik Schema API
Authentik Sources API
Authentik Stages API
Authentik Admin API
Authentik Agents API
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