JetBrains / JetBrains/teamcity-cli

`allowUIEditing` returns 403 despite admin access and a token with all permissions granted

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Description

### CLI Version

v1.5.0

### TeamCity Server Version

2026.1.1

### Operating System

Windows

### What happened?

I have admin access, I generated the token with all permissions

the command I am running is
`'false' | teamcity api '/app/rest/projects/id:{yourProjectId}/versionedSettings/config/parameters/allowUIEditing' `
-X PUT `
-H 'Content-Type: text/plain' `
--input - `
--include `
--raw`

result:
`HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Cache-Control: no-store
Content-Type: application/xml
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:46:43 GMT
Teamcity-Node-Id: MAIN_SERVER
X-Request-Id: xxx
Content-Length: 528


You do not have "Enable / disable versioned settings" permission in project with internal id: project1
jetbrains.buildServer.serverSide.auth.AccessDeniedException: You do not have "Enable / disable versioned settings" permission in project with internal id: project1.
Responding with error, status code: 403 (Forbidden).

Error: missing "Enable / disable versioned settings" permission in project project1

Tip: Generate a new access token with EDIT_VERSIONED_SETTINGS permission in your TeamCity user profile, then run 'teamcity auth login'`

### Expected behavior

Expect successful 200+ response and update to allowUIEditing if value was different, (in my case the value is the same, as I am running a test)

### Steps to reproduce

1. Run `teamcity auth login` and give all permissions
2. run `'false' | teamcity api '/app/rest/projects/id:{yourProjectId}/versionedSettings/config/parameters/allowUIEditing' `
-X PUT `
-H 'Content-Type: text/plain' `
--input - `
--include `
--raw`

### Relevant log output

```shell

```

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Research direction

Start with the `teamcity auth login` permission flow and the `teamcity api` handling of the PUT request to `/app/rest/projects/id:{yourProjectId}/versionedSettings/config/parameters/allowUIEditing`. Trace why a token granted all permissions is rejected for `EDIT_VERSIONED_SETTINGS`, then verify the command returns a successful response for the reproduction shown.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
api, authentication, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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