--- title: Strengthening GitLab.com security: Mandatory MFA | daily.dev description: GitLab is implementing mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all GitLab.com users who sign in with username and password. The rollout will be phased... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/strengthening-gitlab-com-security-mandatory-mfa-5dcymzi9j twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Strengthening GitLab.com security: Mandatory MFA | daily.dev og:description: GitLab is implementing mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all GitLab.com users who sign in with username and password. The rollout will be phased... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/strengthening-gitlab-com-security-mandatory-mfa-5dcymzi9j og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5dCyMZi9j.png og:image:alt: Strengthening GitLab.com security: Mandatory MFA og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Strengthening GitLab.com security: Mandatory MFA **[GitLab](https://daily.dev/sources/gitlab)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitLab is implementing mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all GitLab.com users who sign in with username and password. The rollout will be phased over coming months with email and in-product notifications. Users should proactively enable MFA through authenticator apps, WebAuthn devices, passkeys, or email verification. Those using passwords for API authentication should switch to personal access tokens. SSO-only users are exempt unless they also use password-based login. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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