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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Instana
Categories Access Control
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 6, 2026

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Possibility to hide API tokens permanently after initial creation

Hi,

API tokens in Instana can always be lookep up after creation and copied by everyone with the appropriate permissions.


In our organisation there is a regulation, that access credentials or similar data needs to be placed in the company PIM system where it can be tightly controlled and nowhere else.


Hence API tokens need to be placed there and not be available anywhere else.


We would need a way to hide the API tokens permanently after the initial creation (like GitHub and others are doing it).


Right now we need to implement a detailed alerting based on the access/audit logs which alerts when someone looks up a token but that is a mere patch and is not fully compliant with our regulations.


Thanks and regards,

Rainer


Idea priority High
  • Admin
    Máté Návay
    Feb 10, 2026

    While the idea makes sense and might be something we'll pursue later, we currently have different changes planned around API tokens and usage which are more widely needed and without any real workarounds.

    To control the access to tokens, I would suggest reducing the number of admins in the Owner group and maybe instead use a new Role which has all permissions, except API token management.
    Currently viewing and creation are tightly tied together and the security aspect of exposing an existing token or creating a new token with even more permissions are not significant enough compared to the pending API features we have on our plans.

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