# SCIM Reactivation Sequence Issue and Documentation Reference

**URL:** <https://devforum.okta.com/t/scim-reactivation-sequence-issue-and-documentation-reference/35490>\
**Category:** SCIM\
**Created:** [October 7, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/scim-reactivation-sequence-issue-and-documentation-reference/35490 "2026-10-07T04:34:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![bharath\_choudhary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bharath\_choudhary](https://devforum.okta.com/u/bharath_choudhary)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/scim-reactivation-sequence-issue-and-documentation-reference/35490/1 "2026-10-07T04:34:21Z")

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We are currently integrating Workforce Identity Federation with Okta via SCIM and are experiencing an issue during user deactivation and reactivation cycles where users occasionally remain inactive after being re-activated.

When observing the SCIM traffic, we see the following sequence of calls:

`ListUser` → `PatchUser (active:true)` → `GetUser (active:false)` → `PutUser (active:false)`

Due to our distributed system architecture and the timing of these calls, this sequence leads to replication lag and race conditions, causing some users to incorrectly end up in an inactive state.

We would like to refer to the following documentation article regarding configuration options: [Get the SCIM integration to use PUT requests instead of PATCH when updating users](https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/get-the-scim-integration-to-use-put-requests-instead-of-patch-when-updating-users).

Could the developer team please clarify:

1. How this configuration behaves in practice regarding user state updates?
2. How we can prevent the race condition where a reactivation results in the user being set to inactive due to this request sequence?

Any guidance or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![arumugam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@arumugam](https://devforum.okta.com/u/arumugam)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/scim-reactivation-sequence-issue-and-documentation-reference/35490/2 "2026-10-13T09:11:36Z")

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Hi @bharath_choudhary ,

Are you using a custom SCIM app integration (built via the App Integration Wizard) or a pre-packaged Okta Integration Network (OIN) app?

Once we confirm this, we can pinpoint exactly how to toggle the PUT/PATCH behavior for your specific integration works.

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**Author:** ![bharath\_choudhary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bharath\_choudhary](https://devforum.okta.com/u/bharath_choudhary)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/scim-reactivation-sequence-issue-and-documentation-reference/35490/3 "2026-10-13T15:14:18Z")

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Hi @arumugam ,

We are using a pre-packaged Okta Integration Network App with name: “Google Cloud Workforce Identity Federation”.

Please let us know how we can resolve this Reactivation SCIM Sync issue.