Fine-grained permissions for personal access tokens

Fine-grained personal access tokens are scoped to only access the specific resources and permissions you define. When creating the token, you define the following attributes:

• Resources: A collection of API operations. Resources are grouped into larger boundaries ( Group and project, User, and Global).
• Permissions: The specific actions the token can perform on a resource. Generally, this conforms to Create, Read, Update, and Delete actions.

Create a fine-grained personal access token

To create a fine-grained personal access token:

1. In the upper-right corner, select your avatar.
2. Select Edit profile.
3. In the left sidebar, select Access > Personal access tokens.
4. From the Generate token dropdown list, select Fine-grained token.
5. In Token name, enter a name for the token.
6. In Token description, enter a description for the token.
7. In Expiration date, enter an expiry date for the token.
   • The token expires at midnight UTC on that date.
   • If you do not enter a date, the expiry date is set to 365 days from today.
   • By default, the expiry date cannot be more than 365 days from today. On GitLab 17.6 and later, administrators can modify the maximum lifetime of access tokens.
8. Define the scope of the personal access token.
   1. In the left panel, select one or more resources.
   2. If including group or project resources, select an option in the Group and project access section.
   3. In the right panel, select an available permission for each resource.
9. Select Generate token.

A personal access token is displayed. Save the personal access token somewhere safe. After you leave or refresh the page, you cannot view it again.

Available fine-grained permissions

The permissions a fine-grained personal access token can use depend on the API the token calls:

• REST API endpoints with fine-grained personal access token support
• GraphQL fields with fine-grained personal access token support