







PDS folks! Working on a redesign of the authentication and dashboard screens for the reference PDS, bringing in a proper component library and consistent patterns across the UI. One notable change: customizable light/dark backgrounds on the auth screens. Let us know what you think! #atproto
Aug 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Make the PDS Your Own: Customization and Metrics - AT Protocol
Branding, observability, and a session-list fix in the newest reference PDS

Make the PDS Your Own: Customization and Metrics - AT Protocol
Branding, observability, and a session-list fix in the newest reference PDS

Putting a UI on PDS account management
Getting AT Protocol account management out of the terminal.

PDS: review existing oauth scopes via connected apps list · Issue #4838 · bluesky-social/atproto
Scenario I want to stay on top of which apps are messing with what in my PDS. To do so, it's not enough to just make a granular Goldilocks decision once per app. (The more apps I use, the fewer...
New PDS! New PDS! Hear all about it!
The AT Protocol reference PDS implementation has just published a new release, version 0.4.5006 with a whole heap of awesome new features in it, we take a look at those features and the roadmap tha...
OAuth Improvements - AT Protocol
We've been making improvements to the end-user and developer experiences with atproto OAuth.

Proposal: OAuth-based account creation · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4587
We recently added to the reference PDS (and underlying OAuth Provider) implementation support for Initiating User Registration via OpenID Connect 1.0, however, what I wasn't aware of when I add...
Progress on Auth Scopes Implementation (August 2025) · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4118
Since our last update on Auth Scopes, the Bluesky team has been hard at work adding support to our reference PDS implementation. Aspects of this work are starting to roll out in the production netw...
Updated Auth Scopes Proposal · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4013
This is a discussion thread for the July 2025 Auth Scopes proposal
We're very pumped to announce that the reference PDS now has an account management page! atproto.com/blog/pds-account-management You can now manage permissions, update your password, or deactivate your account directly from your PDS, as a regular user — no command line tools or Bluesky interfaces required!
The Reference PDS Gets an Account Management Page
atproto.comThis is awesome. I made a PR last week to add better support and display for permission-sets to the OAuth consent screen for @tranquil.farm. Now every time I log in to my Atmosphere account, I can actually see my fingerprints on Tranquil. 😍 #atproto
what do u think chat? should bsky upstream this? :o reference pds oauth ui redesign. bonus: also includes updates to account management ui. check out the github for screenshots 👇👩🍳🙂↕️😯😵🫣🤗🫨😌☺️ github.com/abcbrookie/atproto/blob/brook…
This is awesome. I made a PR last week to add better support and display for permission-sets to the OAuth consent screen for @tranquil.farm. Now every time I log in to my Atmosphere account, I can actually see my fingerprints on Tranquil. 😍 #atproto
Cirrus PDS now support passkey auth. It was a bit of a puzzle adding it to a tool where where the admin is all CLI, but I'm really pleased with the flow I came up with. Give it a go! github.com/ascorbic/cirrus If you don't know what Cirrus is, it's a really easy way to host your own Bluesky data
Cirrus PDS now support passkey auth. It was a bit of a puzzle adding it to a tool where where the admin is all CLI, but I'm really pleased with the flow I came up with. Give it a go! github.com/ascorbic/cirrus If you don't know what Cirrus is, it's a really easy way to host your own Bluesky data