Kong: DB-less mode has no Admin API writes, by design

In declarative mode the configuration is loaded from a file into memory. Every POST, PATCH and DELETE on the Admin API returns 405, so anything that provisions consumers or credentials at runtime stops working.

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Published 2026-08-25