# Rolling out access hours at Temporal

DevFeed: [Rolling out access hours at Temporal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/rolling-out-access-hours-at-temporal-35964.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/rolling-out-access-hours-at-temporal>)

Author: Brandon Sherman

Published: 2023-05-30T15:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permissions.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [temporal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal.md>)

## AI overview

Temporal describes how Just in Time access through Common Fate limits infrastructure access to requested periods, reducing the time users can exercise permissions and changing AWS authentication tokens daily. The article estimates that normal work access represents 23.8% of weekly hours, while noting that on-call rotations and incidents require separate consideration.

## Source excerpt

Without reducing a user's permissions, there are impressive security benefits to be had by limiting the amount of time a user has access to those permissions.