---
title: "create group"
method: POST
path: "/auth/groups"
tags: ["auth"]
---

# create group

`POST /auth/groups`

## Request body

- GroupCreation
  - `id` string, required
  - `description` string

## Response `201`

group

- Group
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `creation_date` integer, required — Unix Epoch in seconds

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-11-24** `add5a8870f32` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `420`
- **2025-01-06** `94ef993d6fb1` — 2 info
  - added the new optional request property `description`
  - added the optional property `description` to the response with the `201` status
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 2 warning, 3 info
  - removed the request property `description`
  - removed the optional property `description` from the response with the `201` status
  - added the non-success response with the status `420`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
  - …1 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/auth/groups/post.md)

---

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