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Enabling Cross App Access for SAML-Based Enterprise Apps

calendar_today July 3, 2026 domain okta

If you currently federate enterprise customers using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and want to allow AI agents to access your API without migrating to OpenID Connect (OIDC), this Cross App Access (XAA) guide is for you. The Identity Assertion Authorization Grant specification , the basis of XAA, was originally designed with OIDC in mind. To use it in SAML applications, you must accommodate specific security and uniqueness requirements.

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