Forces a password reset for an already-activated user in any tenant.
Use Cases:
• User has forgotten their password and cannot access their email for self-service reset
• Security incident response: credentials may have been compromised
• Support-assisted password recovery with identity verification
What This Operation Does:
- Sets
requirePasswordChange=trueon the user account - Generates a new activation token (valid for configured expiration period)
- Invalidates ALL existing sessions for the user (forces logout from all devices)
- Returns activation token to send to the user
Important: The user will NOT be able to login until they use the activation
link sent to their email address to set a new password via the Admin Console.
Difference from regenerate-activation-token:
regenerate-activation-token: Only works for users who are ALREADY pending activationforce-password-reset: Works for users who have ALREADY activated their account
OWASP Compliance: Follows the OWASP Forgot Password Cheat Sheet recommendation
for support-assisted password recovery with session invalidation.
Authorization:
Requires platform.users.force-password-reset scope.
Restricted to users in System Administration tenant (001).
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