# Meet the New Neon Auth: Branchable Identity in Your Database

DevFeed: [Meet the New Neon Auth: Branchable Identity in Your Database](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/meet-the-new-neon-auth-branchable-identity-in-your-database-5605.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/neon-auth-branchable-identity-in-your-database>)

Author: Brian Holt

Published: 2025-12-10T18:25:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [JSON Web Tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jwt.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [Low Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/low-latency.md>)

Tags: [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [low-latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/low-latency.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>)

## AI overview

Neon is launching a redesigned Neon Auth built on Better Auth, with authentication data stored directly in Neon databases. The branch-compatible design lets developers test real authentication workflows in isolated database branches, while automatic session and JWT handling, integration with application tables and RLS, and regional infrastructure aim to simplify development and provide low-latency requests.

## Source excerpt

Today we're launching a major overhaul of Neon Auth, using Better Auth as the foundation and integrated deeply into the Neon platform. All authentication data is now stored directly in your Neon database, making Neon Auth fully branch-compatible so you can test real authenticatio...