# Modernize Datadog API authentication with scoped credentials

DevFeed: [Modernize Datadog API authentication with scoped credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/modernize-datadog-api-authentication-with-scoped-credentials-2256.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/datadog-api-authentication/>)

Author: Anthony Dagneaux; Bowen Chen

Published: 2026-06-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [MCP Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp-server.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terraform.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [api-keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-keys.md>), [audit-trail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit-trail.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [devsecops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devsecops.md>), [identity-and-access-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity-and-access-management.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>)

## AI overview

Datadog introduces a scoped, identity-aware API authentication model for human users and non-human workloads. It covers Personal Access Tokens, Service Access Tokens, workload identity federation, and customer-managed OAuth clients, addressing CI/CD pipelines, Terraform workflows, autonomous systems, and AI agents.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Datadog's new API authentication model replaces application keys with scoped, identity-aware access using PATs, SATs, Workload Identity Federation, and OAuth.