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Bitbucket Cloud transitions to API tokens: enhancing security with app password deprecation

Jun 10, 2025Hamreet Kaur
Bitbucket Cloud transitions to API tokens: enhancing security with app password deprecation
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This post announces the deprecation of app passwords in Bitbucket Cloud and the transition to API tokens. It details the reasons for the change (expiration control, centralized management, modern scopes), the deprecation timeline (announcement, disabling new creation, full deprecation), and provides instructions on how to create API tokens. It also outlines next steps for users to review existing app passwords and start updating to API tokens.

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