# Set a workspace's personal access token policy

> Change a workspace's rules for personal access tokens; fields left out stay as they are. max_lifetime_days of 0 removes the limit.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="patch">PATCH</span><code>/workspaces/{workspace}/personal-access-token-policy</code></div>

The rules apply from each token's next request, to tokens made before them too. Owners only, as people.

From each token's next request, tokens made for all of a member's workspaces no longer reach this one (tokens made for it alone still do), and neither does a token that lasts longer than 90 days or never expires. They keep working everywhere else.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`workspace`](/reference/mcp/#workspace) with `action` `set_token_policy`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`workspace:admin`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `workspace` | string | Yes | The workspace's name, e.g. "acme". |

## Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are `snake_case`, as in responses; the `camelCase` spelling is accepted too.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `allow_tokens_for_all_workspaces` | boolean | No | A token made for every workspace of its owner reaches this one. |
| `allow_tokens_for_this_workspace` | boolean | No | A token may be made for this workspace alone. |
| `require_approval` | boolean | No | A token made for this workspace waits for an owner's approval. |
| `max_lifetime_days` | integer | No | The longest a token reaching it may last, in days, 1 to 3650; 0 for no limit. |
| `forbid_no_expiry` | boolean | No | A token that never expires does not reach the workspace. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X PATCH https://api.g1t.sh/workspaces/flagon-io/personal-access-token-policy \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "allow_tokens_for_all_workspaces": false,
    "max_lifetime_days": 90
  }'
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "allow_tokens_for_all_workspaces": false,
  "allow_tokens_for_this_workspace": true,
  "require_approval": true,
  "max_lifetime_days": 90,
  "forbid_no_expiry": false,
  "updated_by": "ada",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-08T09:30:00.000Z"
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |