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npm granular access token count limit

npm states a maximum of 1,000 granular access tokens per account and does not state an over-limit response or exception in this source.

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Direct answer

What is the rule?

An npm account can have up to 1,000 granular access tokens. The reviewed source does not state an over-limit response or exception.

Scope
npm token limits, package visibility, and staged approval
Human verified
August 14, 2026
Source checked
September 3, 2026

Published evidence

Rule details

Granular token count

One npm account can have up to 1,000 granular access tokens. An over-limit response and exception are not stated in the reviewed source, so RuleRoster does not infer either one.

Applicability

Service: npm. Rule group: access-token quotas. Scope: granular access tokens in one npm account. Policy version and effective dates: not stated.

Evidence trail

Official sources

Attribution and license

npm product documentation by GitHub, Copyright 2020 GitHub. Source: https://github.com/npm/documentation/tree/26eacbbb613ca0a6c68798b8754595f8e6019164. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International: https://github.com/npm/documentation/blob/26eacbbb613ca0a6c68798b8754595f8e6019164/LICENSE. Modified by RuleRoster: RuleRoster extracted and restructured facts into typed rule fields and concise answers. Verified 2026-08-14. No endorsement by npm or GitHub is implied. The Creative Commons license does not license trademark or patent rights.

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Record dates

Published
August 15, 2026
Human verified
August 14, 2026
Source checked
September 3, 2026
Review due
September 4, 2026

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