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type: "Glossary term"
title: "Workload identity"
description: "Cryptographic identity for software workloads; 'what is calling'."
tags: [glossary]
generated: { by: human:crpage, at: 2026-07-09T09:44:00Z }
aliases: "workload identity; non-human identity"
status: stable

Definition

Cryptographic identity for software workloads (e.g. via SPIFFE/SPIRE) — answers what is calling, complementary to OAuth's on whose behalf.

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Appears in: spiffe-spire, identity-and-authorisation.

bearer token, attestation.

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