Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry.
read_api:
Grants read access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry.
read_user:
Grants read-only access to the authenticated user's profile through the /user API endpoint, which includes username, public email, and full name. Also grants access to read-only API endpoints under /users.
| `read_user` | [GitLab 8.15](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/5951) | Allows access to the read-only endpoints under `/users`. Essentially, any of the `GET` requests in the [Users API][users] are allowed. |
| `api` | [GitLab 8.15](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/5951) | Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry. |
| `read_api` | [GitLab 12.10](https://https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/28944) | Grants read access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry. |
| `read_registry` | [GitLab 9.3](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/11845) | Allows to read (pull) [container registry] images if a project is private and authorization is required. |
| `sudo` | [GitLab 10.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/14838) | Allows performing API actions as any user in the system (if the authenticated user is an admin). |
| `read_repository` | [GitLab 10.7](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17894) | Allows read-only access (pull) to the repository through `git clone`. |