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Deprecating Basic Authentication on the API

calendar_today July 28, 2026 domain hex-pm

Hex.pm will disable HTTP Basic authentication on the API. Basic auth sends a username and password on every request and has no way to carry a second factor, which blocks us from requiring two-factor authentication for API access. To move forward on that goal, we are phasing Basic auth out of the API entirely.

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