---
title: "Request a password reset email"
method: POST
path: "/auth/password-resets"
tags: ["Auth"]
---

# Request a password reset email

`POST /auth/password-resets`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.flashdata.dev/v2`
- URL: `https://api.flashdata.dev/v2/auth/password-resets`
- Auth: none required

Always returns the same 202 response for a syntactically valid email regardless of account existence or lifecycle state. Only eligible active or locked identities receive mail.

## Request body

- object
  - `email` string, email, required

## Response `202`

Request accepted. The response does not reveal whether an account exists.

- object
  - `accepted` true, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Anonymous authentication request validation failed
- `429`: Anonymous authentication rate limit exceeded
- `500`: An unexpected anonymous authentication error occurred
- `503`: An anonymous authentication dependency is temporarily unavailable

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/flashdata/apis/flashdata-customer-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/flashdata/apis/flashdata-customer-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/flashdata/apis/flashdata-customer-api/revisions/109179fe9313?raw)