rip.pds.account.resetPassword

Issue a new password for an account the calling account owns. The old password is not recoverable and is replaced outright. Existing sessions on the account are not revoked.

Repository @pds.rip did:plc:w24v65i3bcsxk6mbbgfdukve namespace authority

Details · procedure

Kind	procedure
Authority	account.pds.rip
Indexed	47d ago · 2026-09-24

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Procedure

procedure · POST

Input

application/json

did

requiredstring · did

The account to issue a new password for.

Output

application/json

account

requiredref

Reference

rip.pds.account.defs#accountView

password

requiredstring

Shown once. The server does not store it in a recoverable form, so losing this means resetting again.

pdsEndpoint

requiredstring · uri

Errors

AccountNotFound

No live account with that DID was minted by the caller.

ResetFailed

The PDS refused the change.

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