
User16631023011395385278 (Customer) asked a question.
Hi,
Not even sure if SAML allows this, so wanted to ask - when using OKTA as IdP, can my app (the SP) initiate a password change request? If so - what needs to be configured on OKTA and on my app?
Related - what is the expected experience if a user tries to log in on my app (so SP init) but that user has a "must change password" flag in OKTA?
Thanks,

Hello @User16631023011395385278 (Customer) Thank you for reacting out to our Community!
If you integrate you application with Okta and a user is doing SP initiated login and his Okta password needs to be updated, your user will be prompted to setup a new password in Okta. For this flow there is no need for any specific flag.
However if you want to request Password reset from the application, as long as you can trigger API calls from the application, you can use the our API to trigger that. Please see below:
https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/users/#reset-password
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Thanks Paul, that makes sense