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Authentication via API token for Atlassian Rovo MCP Server

✅ Rollout Complete

Product: Jira platform

Announced9 Mar 2026
Rollout started9 Mar 2026
Rollout ended27 Apr 2026
SourceAtlassian blog ↗

Authentication via API token is now supported for Atlassian Rovo MCP. While OAuth remains the best fit for end‑user, interactive scenarios, this new optional authentication helps MCP clients authenticate without a browser‑based OAuth consent screen – which is specifically designed for machine‑to‑machine and automated use cases. To enable authentication using API token access with the Atlassian Rovo MCP Server:

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