Personal access tokens (PATs)

Personal access tokens (PATs) is legacy, replaced by OAuth token federation (legacy since 2026).

Personal access tokens (PATs) → OAuth token federation

Long-lived bearer tokens used to authenticate to the Databricks REST API, CLI, and integrations.

• These long-lived bearer tokens authenticate to the REST API, CLI, and integrations - but they can't automate account-level functionality, and have a habit of ending up pasted into notebooks. 🔗
• Databricks now says, where possible, to use OAuth instead 'because OAuth provides stronger security.' 🔗

Category

Developer experience

Deprecated

2026🔗

Also known as

PAT, personal access token, token authentication

Verified

2026-07-18