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diff --git a/doc/user/project/settings/project_access_tokens.md b/doc/user/project/settings/project_access_tokens.md index cae9276eafd..85e412e7a41 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/settings/project_access_tokens.md +++ b/doc/user/project/settings/project_access_tokens.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type: reference, howto > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/210181) in GitLab 13.0. > - [Became available on GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/235765) in GitLab 13.5 for paid groups only. > - [Feature flag removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/235765) in GitLab 13.5. +> - [Changed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/342327) in GitLab 14.5. Default prefix added. Project access tokens are similar to [personal access tokens](../../profile/personal_access_tokens.md) except they are attached to a project rather than a user. They can be used to: @@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ Project access tokens: For examples of how you can use a project access token to authenticate with the API, see the [relevant section from our API Docs](../../../api/index.md#personalproject-access-tokens). +NOTE: +For GitLab.com and self-managed instances, the default prefix is `glpat-`. + ## Creating a project access token 1. Log in to GitLab. @@ -58,7 +62,9 @@ For the bot: - The name is set to the name of the token. - The username is set to `project_{project_id}_bot` for the first access token, such as `project_123_bot`. -- The username is set to `project_{project_id}_bot{bot_count}` for further access tokens, such as `project_123_bot1`. +- The email is set to `project{project_id}_bot@example.com`, for example `project123_bot@example.com`. +- For additional access tokens in the same project, the username is set to `project_{project_id}_bot{bot_count}`, for example `project_123_bot1`. +- For additional acess tokens in the same project, the email is set to `project{project_id}_bot{bot_count}@example.com`, for example `project123_bot1@example.com` API calls made with a project access token are associated with the corresponding bot user. |