---
title: "Create global rule"
method: POST
path: "/admin/rules"
tags: ["Global rules", "Admin"]
---

# Create global rule

`POST /admin/rules`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared

Adds a rule to the list of globally configured rules.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* The rule type is unknown (HTTP error `400`)
* The rule already exists (HTTP error `409`)
* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Request body

- CreateRule
  - `config` string, required
  - `ruleType` 'VALIDITY' | 'COMPATIBILITY' | 'INTEGRITY'

## Response `204`

The global rule was added.

## Other responses

- `400`: Common response for all operations that can return a `400` error.
- `401`: Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403`: Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `409`: Common response used when an input conflicts with existing data.
- `500`: Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `ff9684af2aad`: 25 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation/causes/items/code` to the response with the `409` status
  - …21 more
- **2026-10-29** `f17f5df4e79c`: 5 info
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `401` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `ruleViolation` to the response with the `409` status
  - …1 more
- **2025-12-16** `440db8997574`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
- **2024-09-06** `948bffd5d083`: 6 warning, 12 info
  - removed the optional property `error_code` from the response with the `400` status
  - removed the optional property `error_code` from the response with the `409` status
  - removed the optional property `error_code` from the response with the `500` status
  - removed the optional property `message` from the response with the `400` status
  - …14 more
- …earlier changes not shown

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v3/changes/admin/rules/post.md)

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