diff --git a/pkg/routes/api/v2/task_position.go b/pkg/routes/api/v2/task_position.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13a7e3af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/routes/api/v2/task_position.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-present Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+package apiv2
+
+import (
+ "context"
+ "net/http"
+
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/models"
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/web/handler"
+
+ "github.com/danielgtaylor/huma/v2"
+)
+
+// RegisterTaskPositionRoutes wires the task-position update onto the Huma API.
+//
+// Setting a position is a plain CRUDable Update, so the handler reuses
+// handler.DoUpdate (its CanUpdate delegates to the task's CanUpdate); the only
+// custom part is taking TaskID from the path rather than the request body.
+func RegisterTaskPositionRoutes(api huma.API) {
+ tags := []string{"tasks"}
+
+ Register(api, huma.Operation{
+ OperationID: "tasks-position-update",
+ Summary: "Set a task's position in a view",
+ Description: "Sets where a task sorts within one of its project's views. The position is per view, so this only affects the view named by project_view_id. Requires write access to the task. Positions below the minimum spacing make the server recalculate every position in the view, so the returned value may differ from the one sent.",
+ Method: http.MethodPut,
+ Path: "/tasks/{task}/position",
+ Tags: tags,
+ }, tasksPositionUpdate)
+}
+
+func init() { AddRouteRegistrar(RegisterTaskPositionRoutes) }
+
+func tasksPositionUpdate(ctx context.Context, in *struct {
+ TaskID int64 `path:"task" doc:"The numeric id of the task whose position to set."`
+ Body models.TaskPosition
+}) (*singleBody[models.TaskPosition], error) {
+ a, err := authFromCtx(ctx)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ tp := &in.Body
+ tp.TaskID = in.TaskID // URL wins over body
+ if err := handler.DoUpdate(ctx, tp, a); err != nil {
+ return nil, translateDomainError(err)
+ }
+ return &singleBody[models.TaskPosition]{Body: tp}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/webtests/huma_task_position_test.go b/pkg/webtests/huma_task_position_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da10768e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/webtests/huma_task_position_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-present Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see .
+
+package webtests
+
+import (
+ "encoding/json"
+ "fmt"
+ "net/http"
+ "testing"
+
+ "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/models"
+
+ "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+ "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// TestTaskPositionV2 covers PUT /tasks/{task}/position. It drives the Echo+Huma
+// stack directly (humaRequest/humaTokenFor) because webHandlerTestV2's buildURL
+// only models base[/{id}] paths, not action sub-paths.
+func TestTaskPositionV2(t *testing.T) {
+ t.Run("updates the position of a writable task", func(t *testing.T) {
+ e, err := setupTestEnv()
+ require.NoError(t, err)
+ token := humaTokenFor(t, &testuser1)
+
+ // Task 1 lives in project 1, which testuser1 owns; view 1 belongs to project 1.
+ rec := humaRequest(t, e, http.MethodPut, "/api/v2/tasks/1/position", `{"project_view_id":1,"position":256}`, token, "")
+ require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, rec.Code, "body: %s", rec.Body.String())
+
+ var resp models.TaskPosition
+ require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp))
+ assert.Equal(t, int64(1), resp.TaskID, "task id is taken from the URL")
+ assert.Equal(t, int64(1), resp.ProjectViewID)
+ assert.InDelta(t, 256.0, resp.Position, 0)
+ })
+
+ t.Run("path task id wins over the body", func(t *testing.T) {
+ e, err := setupTestEnv()
+ require.NoError(t, err)
+ token := humaTokenFor(t, &testuser1)
+
+ // Body names task 2, URL names task 1; the URL must win.
+ rec := humaRequest(t, e, http.MethodPut, "/api/v2/tasks/1/position", `{"task_id":2,"project_view_id":1,"position":300}`, token, "")
+ require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, rec.Code, "body: %s", rec.Body.String())
+
+ var resp models.TaskPosition
+ require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &resp))
+ assert.Equal(t, int64(1), resp.TaskID)
+ })
+
+ t.Run("nonexistent task", func(t *testing.T) {
+ e, err := setupTestEnv()
+ require.NoError(t, err)
+ token := humaTokenFor(t, &testuser1)
+
+ rec := humaRequest(t, e, http.MethodPut, "/api/v2/tasks/99999/position", `{"project_view_id":1,"position":1}`, token, "")
+ require.Equal(t, http.StatusNotFound, rec.Code, "body: %s", rec.Body.String())
+ assert.Contains(t, rec.Body.String(), fmt.Sprintf(`"code":%d`, models.ErrCodeTaskDoesNotExist), "body must surface ErrCodeTaskDoesNotExist; body: %s", rec.Body.String())
+ })
+
+ t.Run("no access to the task is forbidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+ e, err := setupTestEnv()
+ require.NoError(t, err)
+ // testuser15 cannot access task 1 (project 1, owned by testuser1).
+ token := humaTokenFor(t, &testuser15)
+
+ rec := humaRequest(t, e, http.MethodPut, "/api/v2/tasks/1/position", `{"project_view_id":1,"position":1}`, token, "")
+ require.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, rec.Code, "body: %s", rec.Body.String())
+ })
+
+ t.Run("read but no write on the task is forbidden", func(t *testing.T) {
+ e, err := setupTestEnv()
+ require.NoError(t, err)
+ // Task 32 lives in project 3, on which testuser1 has read-only access.
+ token := humaTokenFor(t, &testuser1)
+
+ rec := humaRequest(t, e, http.MethodPut, "/api/v2/tasks/32/position", `{"project_view_id":1,"position":1}`, token, "")
+ require.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, rec.Code, "body: %s", rec.Body.String())
+ })
+}