Create or update a feature flag

PUT /v1/admin/site/flags/{key}

• Operation ID: upsertSiteFlag
• Tags: Feature flags
• Base URL: http://localhost:8787

Upserts the flag by key, invalidates the site-config cache and emits a dashboard event. Audited by the database function.

Workflow: Integration guide.

Authentication: staff Bearer JWT with permission flags.write.

Authentication

• Auth: staff Bearer JWT (Authorization: Bearer <access_token>) with the permissions below.
• Required permissions: flags.write

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
key	path	string	yes	Pattern: ^[a-z][a-z0-9_.-]{1,63}$

Request body

Required: yes.

Content type: application/json

Schema: object

Field	Type	Required	Description
description	string | null	no	Max length: 500
enabled	boolean	yes	-
rolloutPercent	integer	no	Default: 100. Min: 0. Max: 100
audience	object	no	Default: {}
audience.user_ids	string<uuid>[]	no	-
audience.roles	string[]	no	-
isKillSwitch	boolean	no	Default: false

Responses

204

Flag saved.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. No response body.

Errors

400

Request validation failed.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ValidationErrorBody)

Field	Type	Required	Description
success	boolean	yes	One of: false
error	object	yes	-
error.name	string	yes	One of: "ZodError"
error.issues	object[]	yes	-
error.issues[].code	string	yes	-
error.issues[].path	(string | number)[]	yes	-
error.issues[].message	string	yes	-

Request validation

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "name": "ZodError",
    "issues": [
      {
        "code": "custom",
        "path": [
          "field"
        ],
        "message": "Invalid value"
      }
    ]
  }
}

401

Missing, malformed, expired or wrong-audience Bearer token (missing_token, invalid_token, invalid_audience).

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ErrorBody)

Field	Type	Required	Description
error	string	yes	Stable machine-readable error code, e.g. forbidden, not_found.
details	any	no	Optional structured context. For 403 it is { perm }.

Error response

{
  "error": "missing_token"
}

403

Authenticated but lacking the required permission. details.perm lists the accepted permission keys.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ErrorBody), fields as described above.

Error response

{
  "error": "forbidden",
  "details": {
    "perm": "flags.write"
  }
}

500

Unexpected server error (internal). No details are returned.

• Header x-request-id: Request identifier; quote it when reporting an error. Content type: application/json

Schema: object (ErrorBody), fields as described above.

Error response

{
  "error": "internal"
}

Examples

curl

curl -X PUT 'http://localhost:8787/v1/admin/site/flags/example' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"description":"example","enabled":false,"rolloutPercent":100,"audience":{},"isKillSwitch":false}'

TypeScript

const accessToken = process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN; // user JWT from your sign-in flow

const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8787/v1/admin/site/flags/example", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "description": "example",
    "enabled": false,
    "rolloutPercent": 100,
    "audience": {},
    "isKillSwitch": false
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const data = response.status === 204 || response.status === 205
  ? undefined
  : response.headers.get("content-type")?.includes("json")
    ? await response.json()
    : await response.text();