# Generate and manage your access keys

Trial keys last 24 hours. Premium keys last 30 days. Each email address is limited to one trial key per 24-hour window.

1. **Create account**  
   Sign up or log in to your Open Comet profile.

2. **Request a key**  
   Click "Request trial key" or "Request premium key" below.

3. **Activate**  
   Paste the key into the extension activation screen.

## Key types

- **Trial key** — 1 day  
  Free for all accounts. One per email address per 24-hour rolling window.

- **Premium key** — 30 days  
  Extended access placeholder. Ready to be gated behind real payment.

## JWT authentication

Trial and premium issuance are tied exclusively to signed-in accounts.

## Profile history

Every issued key remains visible inside your profile page forever.

## Key actions

- License generation and validation  
- Login required to issue keys  
- Validation is public. Trial and premium issuance requires an account.

**Request trial key (1 day)**  
**Request premium key (30 days)**

**Validate a key**  
Validate

Login once, request a key, paste it into the extension activation screen.