---
title: "PATCH /api/permissions/roles/{key}"
method: PATCH
path: "/api/permissions/roles/{key}"
tags: ["Permissions"]
---

# PATCH /api/permissions/roles/{key}

`PATCH /api/permissions/roles/{key}`

Rename a role or change its description (not its key).

## Path parameters

- `key` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string
  - `description` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Default Response

- object
  - `metadata` object, required
    - `success` boolean, required — True when the request succeeded.
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `key` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `description` string, nullable, required
    - `isSystem` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `403` — Default Response
- `404` — Default Response

## Changes

> 40 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-09-14** `3d3a05fa3548` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/retraced/apis/api-reference/changes/api/permissions/roles/:key/patch.md)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/retraced/apis/api-reference.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/retraced/apis/api-reference/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/retraced/apis/api-reference/revisions/de4f45ec399f?raw)