From 1ffaf040c5caf08d9c9ca4077f86800a6ecc520e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Seliger Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:13:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Service accounts count toward a license's user limit Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-1bbd7e76-9a93-4fda-9f41-f5c32563120c --- docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx b/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx index 5c8f73fd9..b91b81f70 100644 --- a/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx +++ b/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ # Service Accounts -Service accounts are specialized user accounts designed for automation, API integrations, and programmatic access to Sourcegraph, as opposed to using access tokens from regular users. Unlike regular user accounts, service accounts don't require an email address or password, cannot access the Sourcegraph UI, don't count towards a license's user limit and won't be part of any billing cycles. +Service accounts are specialized user accounts designed for automation, API integrations, and programmatic access to Sourcegraph, as opposed to using access tokens from regular users. Unlike regular user accounts, service accounts don't require an email address or password and cannot access the Sourcegraph UI. + +Service accounts count toward a license's user limit like any other user account. On a license that limits the number of user accounts, no more accounts, including service accounts, can be created once the limit is reached. On a license that limits monthly active users, a service account takes a seat in each calendar month it uses Sourcegraph, and once every seat is taken, a service account without one is denied until the next month. Licenses that allow exceeding the limit never block or deny accounts. ## Choosing an authentication method From 812a815d1ccb6d14992547ff087ceff520f1328c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Seliger Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:18:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Drop the license paragraph Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-1bbd7e76-9a93-4fda-9f41-f5c32563120c --- docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx b/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx index b91b81f70..19b612ee1 100644 --- a/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx +++ b/docs/admin/service-accounts.mdx @@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ Service accounts are specialized user accounts designed for automation, API integrations, and programmatic access to Sourcegraph, as opposed to using access tokens from regular users. Unlike regular user accounts, service accounts don't require an email address or password and cannot access the Sourcegraph UI. -Service accounts count toward a license's user limit like any other user account. On a license that limits the number of user accounts, no more accounts, including service accounts, can be created once the limit is reached. On a license that limits monthly active users, a service account takes a seat in each calendar month it uses Sourcegraph, and once every seat is taken, a service account without one is denied until the next month. Licenses that allow exceeding the limit never block or deny accounts. - ## Choosing an authentication method Choose a method based on whose permissions the integration should use and whether it supports OAuth: