# Default password expiry in Elastic 8.14

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-password-expiry-in-elastic-8-14/366467>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 12, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-password-expiry-in-elastic-8-14/366467 "2024-09-12T10:46:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![h.d.intodata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@h.d.intodata](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/h.d.intodata)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-password-expiry-in-elastic-8-14/366467/1 "2024-09-12T10:46:04Z")

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Hi team,

I have a quick question, what is the default password expiry for the super user in Elastic 8.14

Kind regards,  
Hugo

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-password-expiry-in-elastic-8-14/366467/2 "2024-09-12T12:35:23Z")

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> [@h.d.intodata](#):
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> I have a quick question, what is the default password expiry for the super user in Elastic 8.14

Passwords in the native realm do not expire.

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**Author:** ![h.d.intodata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c67d28/32.png) [@h.d.intodata](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/h.d.intodata)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-password-expiry-in-elastic-8-14/366467/3 "2024-09-12T13:01:03Z")

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Thank you for the response and clarification