- title: "Limit personal access token and deploy token's access with external authorization" # (required) Actionable title. e.g., The `confidential` field for a `Note` is deprecated. Use `internal` instead. announcement_milestone: "15.8" # (required) The milestone when this feature was first announced as deprecated. removal_milestone: "16.0" # (required) The milestone when this feature is planned to be removed breaking_change: true # (required) If this deprecation is a breaking change, set this value to true reporter: adil.farrukh # (required) GitLab username of the person reporting the deprecation stage: Manage # (required) String value of the stage that the feature was created in. e.g., Growth issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/387721 # (required) Link to the deprecation issue in GitLab body: | # (required) Do not modify this line, instead modify the lines below. With external authorization enabled, personal access tokens (PATs) and deploy tokens must no longer be able to access container or package registries. This defense-in-depth security measure will be deployed in 16.0. For users that use PATs and deploy tokens to access these registries, this measure breaks this use of these tokens. Disable external authorization to use tokens with container or package registries.