---
title: Password Collector node
description: Use the Password Collector node in PingAM to prompt users to enter their password and write it to transient state for use later in the journey.
component: platform
version: 7.5
page_id: platform:auth-node-ref:am-only/password-collector
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/platform/7.5/auth-node-ref/am-only/password-collector.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/platform/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication", "Password"]
page_aliases: ["auth-node-password-collector.adoc"]
section_ids:
  availability: Availability
  outcomes: Outcomes
  properties: Properties
---

# Password Collector node

Prompts the user to enter their password.

The captured password is transient, persisting only until the authentication flow reaches the next node requiring user interaction.

## Availability

| Product                               | Available? |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud       | No         |
| PingAM (self-managed)                 | Yes        |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed) | No         |

## Outcomes

Single outcome path.

Evaluation continues after capturing the password.

## Properties

This node has no configurable properties.