Summary

When using the POST to /rest/api/2/user endpoint to create users that have been deleted from the UI, you will get an error like this instead:

'{"errorMessages":[],"errors":{"username":"A user with that username already exists."}}'

Environment

Cloud With JIRA.

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a new user using the rest API endpoint and a payload like this:

  {"displayName": "testuser", "emailAddress": "example@email.com", "name": "testuser"}
  

  Note that the user will be created.

• Go to /admin/users and delete the newly created user.
• Re-run the REST call to create the user with the same payload as before.

Expected Results

The User is recreated exactly as specified.

Actual Results

You get a 400 response code and this error:

'{"errorMessages":[],"errors":{"username":"A user with that username already exists."}}'

No user is created.

Notes

N/A

Workaround

There is no known workaround.