Issue Summary

Create user API does not work for user access administrator

Steps to Reproduce

1. Grant the user access admin role to a user
2. As the user access admin, use the Create User API

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user' \
  --user 'email@example.com:<api_token>' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "emailAddress": "mia@atlassian.com"
}'

Actual Results

1. Without Jira administrator access, the following error is returned.

{"errorMessages":["You are not authorized to perform this action. Administrator privileges are required."]

2. With the Jira administrator access, the user is invited but in suspended state.

Suggestion

Allow user access admin to invite users via API
 

Workaround

Grant the org admin access to allow inviting of users via API.