GitHub has introduced fine-grained personal access tokens (PATs) to enhance security and control over repository access, addressing the limitations of the traditional, coarser-grained PATs. These new tokens allow developers and organization administrators to specify permissions at a more detailed level, with over 50 granular options for access to GitHub's APIs, and enable targeting to specific repositories or organizations. Unlike the classic PATs, fine-grained tokens are not perpetual and require explicit access grants, offering organization owners the ability to approve and audit token use through new settings. While fine-grained PATs are recommended for most scenarios to minimize security risks, classic PATs are still necessary for certain use cases, such as accessing resources across multiple organizations or using some API endpoints that do not yet support fine-grained permissions. GitHub continues to seek user feedback and plans further enhancements, including expanded API support and features for scaling PAT policies, as part of their ongoing efforts to refine these security offerings.