---
title: Auth Level Decision node
description: Compares the current authentication level against a configured threshold to route journeys in PingAM.
component: auth-node-ref
version: 8.1
page_id: auth-node-ref::auth-level-decision
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/auth-level-decision.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: 2026-08-18T00:00:00Z
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication"]
page_aliases: ["auth-node-auth-level-decision.adoc"]
section_ids:
  availability: Availability
  callbacks: Callbacks
  outcomes: Outcomes
  configuration: Configuration
---

# Auth Level Decision node

Compares the current authentication level value against a configured value.

## Availability

| Product                               | Available? |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud       | Yes        |
| PingAM (self-managed)                 | Yes        |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed) | Yes        |

## Callbacks

This node doesn't send any callbacks.

## Outcomes

* `True`

* `False`

## Configuration

| Property                        | Usage                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Sufficient Authentication Level | Evaluation continues along the `True` path if the current authentication level is equal to or greater than this integer; otherwise, the evaluation continues along the `False` path. |