---
title: "Get a System Account"
method: GET
path: "/v3/system-accounts/{accountId}"
tags: ["System Accounts"]
---

# Get a System Account

`GET /v3/system-accounts/{accountId}`

Returns the system account (SA) for the SA ID specified as a path parameter.

## Response `200`

A response including a single system account.

- SystemAccount — Schema of the system account.
  - `id` string, uuid — ID of the system account.
  - `name` string — Name of the system account.
  - `description` string — Description of the system account.
  - `created_at` string, date-time — Timestamp of when the system account was created.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time — Timestamp of when the system account was last updated.
  - `konnect_managed` boolean — The system account is managed by Konnect (true/false).

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthenticated
- `403` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-09-25** `68d43091b84d` — 2 warning
  - added the new `401.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `404.00` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `404`
- **2026-09-18** `f324fb7610e4` — 2 breaking, 17 info
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `401`
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `404`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/BaseError, subschema #2` from the response body `allOf` list for the response status `401`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/BaseError, subschema #2` from the response body `allOf` list for the response status `403`
  - …15 more
- **2025-08-22** `3c0154b2053a` — 7 breaking
  - the response property `description` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the response property `detail` became nullable for the status `403`
  - the response property `instance` became nullable for the status `403`
  - the response property `konnect_managed` became nullable for the status `200`
  - …3 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk/changes/v3/system-accounts/:accountId/get.md)

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