# Auth: Requested permissions are too broad

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auth-requested-permissions-are-too-broad/43124>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** juliapro\
**Created:** [July 15, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auth-requested-permissions-are-too-broad/43124 "2020-07-15T12:06:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ablekh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ablekh/32/16391_2.png) [@ablekh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ablekh)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auth-requested-permissions-are-too-broad/43124/1 "2020-07-15T12:06:04Z")

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Hi, I’m new to JuliaPro, just installed it and wanted to play with. When trying to add some packages (specifically Modia: [https://github.com/ModiaSim/Modia.jl](https://github.com/ModiaSim/Modia.jl)), JuliaPro initiates the authentication flow, which results in receiving the following message on GitHub:

**Julia Computing** by Julia Computing  
would like additional permissions to

**Organizations and teams**  
Read-only access

_This application will be able to read your organization, team membership, and private project boards._

Why would Julia Computing need to access my organizational and team information as well as private project boards on GitHub? This is very strange, to say the least. I would appreciate any clarifications.

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**Author:** ![tanmaykm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tanmaykm/32/60_2.png) [@tanmaykm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tanmaykm)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auth-requested-permissions-are-too-broad/43124/2 "2020-07-15T15:20:06Z")

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Hi,

That additional permission bit for organization and teams was not necessary for downloading packages. We have removed it now. Looks like there was a misconfiguration during one of our recent server updates.

If you already accepted the permissions, you may revoke them from GitHub settings page (GitHub → Settings → Applications → Authorized OAuth Apps).

Thanks for pointing that out!

Best Regards,  
Tanmay

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**Author:** ![ablekh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ablekh/32/16391_2.png) [@ablekh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ablekh)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auth-requested-permissions-are-too-broad/43124/3 "2020-07-15T15:25:24Z")

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Hi Tanmay,

Understood. You’re welcome! Thank you for your prompt feedback.

Best,  
Aleksandr

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/auth-requested-permissions-are-too-broad/43124/4 "2023-09-12T16:41:33Z")

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