---
title: "Reset Active Directory user password"
method: POST
path: "/api/user/reset_password"
tags: ["User Management"]
---

# Reset Active Directory user password

`POST /api/user/reset_password`

Reset password for a user in AWS Directory Service (Active Directory) with complexity validation

## Response `200`

Password successfully updated

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid password or missing parameters
- `500` — Failed to update password

## Changes

- **2026-08-15** (v1) `058396b8f0f1` — 1 warning, 2 info
  - changed the pattern of the request property `directory_id` from `f'^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$'` to `^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$`
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was removed from the API
- **2026-04-21** (v1) `6db97cead8df` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was removed from the API
- **2025-08-05** (v1) `55c07c16d2e1` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `socaAuth AND socaToken` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `edhAuth AND edhToken` was removed from the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/aws-samples/apis/engineering-development-hub-edh-api/changes/api/user/reset_password/post.md)

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