# Change the own password

> The own access gets a new login password - with the current one, with a session only.

- Effect: Write - Changes the account. Agents ask first.
- Idempotent: no
- Stability: beta
- REST: `POST https://api.manitu.de/v1/access/password/set`
- Page: /reference/access/password/set/

**Changes the account. Agents say what will happen and wait for an explicit yes before calling it.**

## REST

`POST https://api.manitu.de/v1/access/password/set`

### Authentication

One of `X-API-Key`, `Authorization: Bearer …` - never more than one in a request.

### Request body

JSON; unknown fields are refused.

- `password_current` (string, required, write-only) - The current login password. (minLength `1`; maxLength `1024`)
- `password` (string, required, write-only) - The new login password for the customer panel. Kept as a hash only. 12 to 72 printable ASCII characters, no space at the start or the end, not listed as leaked (pwnedpasswords.com). (minLength `12`; maxLength `72`; pattern `"^[\\x20-\\x7E]+$"`)

### Response

In `data`; the rest of the body as on every call.

- `account_user_id` (integer, required)
- `password_changed_at` (string | null, required) - (format `date-time`)

### Statuses

- `200` Success.
- `400` The request does not match the declared input schema.
- `401` No credential was presented, or it was not recognised.
- `403` The credential is not permitted to use this operation.
- `500` The server failed. Nothing about the request was wrong. Whether a change took effect is not known - check before trying it again.
- `503` The channel this operation forwards through is unavailable.

### Example

```sh
curl -X POST 'https://api.manitu.de/v1/access/password/set' \
  -H 'X-API-Key: $API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"password_current":"correct-horse-battery","password":"correct-horse-battery"}'
```

## Example result

```json
{
  "account_user_id": 12345,
  "password_changed_at": "2026-10-23T12:00:00+02:00"
}
```