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# authenticationPolicy

The authentication policy to enforce when the system accesses this entity.

```
static var authenticationPolicy: IntentAuthenticationPolicy { get }
```

## Discussion

This is the minimum policy for each of the entity’s properties. A property’s own
`authenticationPolicy` can make it stricter; a weaker one is raised to this policy.
The default value of this property is [`IntentAuthenticationPolicy.alwaysAllowed`](/documentation/AppIntents/IntentAuthenticationPolicy/alwaysAllowed).

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