# Short-lived PAT (Personal Access Tokens)

**URL:** <https://community.directus.com/t/short-lived-pat-personal-access-tokens/2630>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** authentication\
**Created:** [October 7, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/short-lived-pat-personal-access-tokens/2630 "2026-10-07T10:42:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![flipswitchingmonkey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.directus.com/flipswitchingmonkey/32/374_2.png) [@flipswitchingmonkey](https://community.directus.com/u/flipswitchingmonkey)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/short-lived-pat-personal-access-tokens/2630/1 "2026-10-07T10:42:33Z")

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Is it possible to create (ideally multiple) short-lived PAT (Personal Access Tokens) for a user? The current Token is long lived - I would like to create short lived ones for use for example with an MCP server, while keeping an already set Token in the user profile intact. If not - any plans for this?

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**Author:** ![bambang76](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.directus.com/bambang76/32/1874_2.png) [@bambang76](https://community.directus.com/u/bambang76)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/short-lived-pat-personal-access-tokens/2630/2 "2026-10-18T19:04:48Z")

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hello, salam perkenalan