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# Restoring User Profile

**`PUT /profiles/restore/{username}`**

Restores user data (policy, DID documents, VC documents) from Hedera topics asynchronously.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.PROFILES_RESTORE_ALL`

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## Request

### Path Parameters

| Parameter  | Type   | Required | Description                         |
| ---------- | ------ | -------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `username` | string | Yes      | The username of the user to restore |

### Request Body

```json
{
  "hederaAccountId": "0.0.4532001",
  "hederaAccountKey": "302e020100300506032b657004220420..."
}
```

| Field              | Type   | Required | Description                    |
| ------------------ | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------ |
| `hederaAccountId`  | string | Yes      | The Hedera account ID          |
| `hederaAccountKey` | string | Yes      | The Hedera account private key |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `202 Accepted`

```json
{
  "taskId": "63e3e5e8a01b3c001234abcd",
  "expectation": "Restore user profile"
}
```

Poll `GET /tasks/{taskId}` to retrieve the result.

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description               |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token  |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions  |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure |