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API token benefits?

Stojan Cveticanin
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August 7, 2025

Hi.

I am trying to switch from using app password to api tokens as you marked app password obsolete from 09.09. but I don't see any benefits from it, it just make my life harder.

Your documentation about switching it in SourceTree is not working (it is not possible to use email as username and if I leave username I used with app password it does not work when I switch to api token).

Also, why is necessary for token to have expiration date? That means I should always make alarms once a year to update it everywhere. That does not lead to increased security but to annoying users.

Can you give me some benefits? And can you fix/update documentation how to switch to it in SourceTree?

Greetings,
Stojan

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