---
title: "Create System Account"
method: POST
path: "/v3/system-accounts"
tags: ["System Accounts"]
---

# Create System Account

`POST /v3/system-accounts`

Creates a system account. Returns a 409 if a system account with the same name already exists.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — Name of the system account.
  - `description` string, required — Description of the system account. Useful when the system account name is not sufficient to differentiate one system account from another.
  - `konnect_managed` boolean, nullable — The system account is managed by Konnect (true/false).

## Response `201`

A response including a single system account.

- SystemAccount — Schema of the system account.
  - `id` string, uuid — ID of the system account.
  - `name` string, nullable — Name of the system account.
  - `description` string, nullable — 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, nullable — The system account is managed by Konnect (true/false).

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthenticated
- `403` — Unauthorized
- `409` — Conflict

## Changes

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- **2025-08-22** `96118a9cd7f4` — 7 breaking, 1 info
  - the response property `description` became nullable for the status `201`
  - 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 `201`
  - …4 more

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

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