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Deadline for using password instead of API token for API calls?

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May 16, 2019

I was wondering whether there is a general deadline for all customers when API requests using basic authentication with username and password won't work anymore and we need to use API token or OAuth instead. 

I would also like to know whether there is an instance when Basic Auth with API token authentication won't work but Oauth would? 

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Edwin Kyalangalilwa
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May 16, 2019

Hi @API ,

Basic auth with passwords and sessions don't work anymore. 

Please take a look at 

Deprecation notice - Basic authentication with passwords and cookie-based authentication

ACJIRA-1465 and ACJIRA-1466

Friederike Alschner
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May 24, 2019

It is still working for our test account.

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