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# Update Member Role

> Change a workspace member's role. Owner or Admin only; the last Owner cannot be demoted, Admins cannot promote to Owner, and promoting a viewer checks seat limits.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json patch /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/members/{user_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: Change Impact Engine for multi-repo systems
  title: Riftmap
  version: 1.12.3
servers: []
security: []
paths:
  /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/members/{user_id}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - memberships
      summary: Update Member Role
      description: >-
        Change a workspace member's role. Owner or Admin only; the last Owner
        cannot be demoted, Admins cannot promote to Owner, and promoting a
        viewer checks seat limits.
      operationId: >-
        update_member_role_api_v1_workspaces__workspace_id__members__user_id__patch
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: workspace_id
          required: true
          schema:
            format: uuid
            title: Workspace Id
            type: string
        - in: path
          name: user_id
          required: true
          schema:
            format: uuid
            title: User Id
            type: string
        - in: header
          name: X-Workspace-Id
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: X-Workspace-Id
        - in: cookie
          name: riftmap_access
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: Riftmap Access
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateRoleBody'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MemberResponse'
          description: Successful Response
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
          description: Validation Error
      security:
        - APIKeyHeader: []
        - HTTPBearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    UpdateRoleBody:
      properties:
        role:
          title: Role
          type: string
      required:
        - role
      title: UpdateRoleBody
      type: object
    MemberResponse:
      properties:
        avatar_url:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Avatar Url
        email:
          title: Email
          type: string
        full_name:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Full Name
        joined_at:
          format: date-time
          title: Joined At
          type: string
        role:
          title: Role
          type: string
        user_id:
          format: uuid
          title: User Id
          type: string
      required:
        - user_id
        - email
        - full_name
        - avatar_url
        - role
        - joined_at
      title: MemberResponse
      type: object
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          title: Detail
          type: array
      title: HTTPValidationError
      type: object
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        ctx:
          title: Context
          type: object
        input:
          title: Input
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          title: Location
          type: array
        msg:
          title: Message
          type: string
        type:
          title: Error Type
          type: string
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      type: apiKey
    HTTPBearer:
      description: API key as Bearer token (rfm_live_... prefix)
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````