---
title: "Create Backup"
method: POST
path: "/api/backups"
tags: ["Backup Management"]
---

# Create Backup

`POST /api/backups`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.agentstack.tech` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.agentstack.tech/api/backups`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`
  - HTTP bearer

Create a new backup with permission check

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- BackupCreateRequest
  - `backup_name` string, required
  - `backup_type` string
  - `entities` object[], required
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `include_protected` boolean
  - `include_inactive` boolean

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/agentstack/apis/agentstack-core-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/agentstack/apis/agentstack-core-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/agentstack/apis/agentstack-core-api/revisions/79f4a4dd8813?raw)