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stage: Software Supply Chain Security
group: Authentication
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Generated passwords for users created through integrated authentication
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GitLab allows users to set up accounts through integration with external [authentication and authorization providers](../administration/auth/index.md).
These authentication methods do not require the user to explicitly create a password for their accounts.
However, to maintain data consistency, GitLab requires passwords for all user accounts.
For such accounts, we use the [`friendly_token`](https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/f26e05c20079c9acded3c0ee16da0df435a28997/lib/devise.rb#L492) method provided by the Devise gem to generate a random, unique and secure password and sets it as the account password during sign up.
The length of the generated password is [128 characters](password_length_limits.md).
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