diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40dec57..bcbb1d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. Format: [Keep a Changel
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Fix: native **Create Group** now obeys the two-person gate. With `twoPersonApproval=true`, creating a group whose permissions expand to any `authentik.*` permission queues an `authentik_approval_request` for a second person instead of persisting the grant immediately; the same identity-permission expansion and second-person condition as Edit Group apply, nothing is written before approval, self-approval is refused and a decided request cannot be approved again. Previously a new group with `authentik.users.read` was created without approval.
 - **Breaking (security):** `AuthentikMaintenance.applyPolicy` runs as the host's maintenance service principal (QQQ service identities, qqq `docs/SERVICE-IDENTITY.md`; config `maintenancePrincipal`, default `maintenance`). The self-made `MaintenanceSession`, which granted itself `policies.manage` and the document's grants, is gone; under OAuth2 it was rejected anyway (its audit insert failed). The principal's Authentik service account must hold `policies.manage` and every grant it applies, and the subset rule still holds. The audit operator is `service:{principal}`; the job name (`run-once:`/`maintenance:`) prefixes the reason. Hosts declare the principal: `ServiceIdentitiesMetaData.declare(qInstance, new QServicePrincipalMetaData().withName("maintenance"))`. Needs the QQQ release with service identities (qqq#1255).
 - Fix: a degraded `authentik.mapper` health check now says what to fix. The message and details (`flaggedGroups`, `summary`) name each flagged group with a safe reason: `grants nothing: <permission>`, `malformed <attribute>` or `superuser group carries qqq.io/permissions`. It used to say only "Mapper drift detected". Typed attribute values and service-account activity subjects (people) stay out of the outcome. A group with no `qqq.io/*` attributes is not drift and never was.
 - Fix: the `token_broker` health check probes with the grant the broker uses (token exchange) and sends no subject token, so nothing is issued. `invalid_request` (credentials passed) is UP, `invalid_client` is DOWN (bad secret), and `invalid_grant` is DOWN (provider does not allow token exchange). It used to probe `client_credentials`, which the broker provider does not allow, so Authentik logged a 400 every 5 minutes ("Invalid grant_type for provider").
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdmin.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdmin.java
index fe8c7d0..abed392 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdmin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdmin.java
@@ -1407,6 +1407,10 @@ public class AuthentikAdmin
       }
 
       plan.withChange(null, name + (parentPks.isEmpty() ? "" : ", under " + request.str("parents")) + (permissions.isEmpty() ? "" : ", permissions " + String.join(", ", permissions)));
+      if(config.getTwoPersonApproval() && !request.bool("approved") && addsIdentityPermission(permissions, List.of()))
+      {
+         plan.withState(AdminPlan.State.NEEDS_APPROVAL).withMessage("granting authentik.* needs a second person");
+      }
       return (plan);
    }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdminTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdminTest.java
index a086965..31bdeb6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdminTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/authentik/admin/AuthentikAdminTest.java
@@ -541,6 +541,34 @@ class AuthentikAdminTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Creation-time identity grants obey the same second-person gate as edits.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void creatingGroupWithIdentityPermissionsNeedsASecondPerson() throws QException
+   {
+      AdminRequest request = AdminRequest.of(AdminAction.CREATE_GROUP, "", "synthetic approval check")
+         .with("name", "synthetic-identity-readers").with("permissions", "authentik.users.read");
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult queued = run(request);
+      assertThat(queued.ok()).as(queued.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(queued.pending()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(t.writes()).isEmpty();
+      List<QRecord> approvals = rows(AuthentikLocalTables.APPROVAL_REQUEST);
+      assertThat(approvals).hasSize(1);
+      java.io.Serializable id = approvals.get(0).getValue("id");
+      assertThat(t.admin().approve(id).ok()).isFalse();
+      assertThat(t.writes()).isEmpty();
+      t.loginAs("second@example.test", IdentityPermission.APPROVE, IdentityPermission.GROUPS_MANAGE);
+      AuthentikAdmin.AdminResult approved = t.admin().approve(id);
+      assertThat(approved.ok()).as(approved.message()).isTrue();
+      assertThat(t.authentik.groupByName("synthetic-identity-readers").getJSONObject("attributes")
+         .getJSONArray("qqq.io/permissions").toList()).containsExactly("authentik.users.read");
+      assertThat(rows(AuthentikLocalTables.APPROVAL_REQUEST).get(0).getValueString("status")).isEqualTo("APPROVED");
+      assertThat(t.admin().approve(id).ok()).isFalse();
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Re-parenting: loops and superuser parents are refused.
     *******************************************************************************/