Home Assistant · Authentication Profile

Home Assistant Authentication

Authentication

Authentication schemes published on the Home Assistant documentation pages.

Home Assistant declares 1 security scheme(s) across its OpenAPI definitions.

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Security Schemes

Long‑lived access token http-bearer

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Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-10-27'
method: searched
generator: extract-docs-artifacts.py (local)
source: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/authentication
sources:
- https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/authentication
- https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/authentication/providers
- https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/authentication/multi-factor-auth
description: Authentication schemes published on the Home Assistant documentation pages.
schemes:
- type: http-bearer
  name: Long‑lived access token
  evidence: 'Under the new authentication system you’ll see the following warning logged when the legacy API password is supplied, but not configured
    in Home Assistant: WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.http.auth] You need to use a bearer token to access /blah/blah from 192.0.2.4'
  location: header
  header: Authorization
  how_to_obtain: Create long‑lived access tokens in User profile > Security
docs: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/authentication

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