# Authority {% embed url="" %} authority: Pubkey {% endembed %} On Solana, the **“authority”** property is often used by convention to refer to the user-space owner of a particular account. For Clockwork, a thread's authority is its creator – the account which signed the transaction to create the thread. A thread's authority has the following permissions: * Pause and resume the thread. * Update the thread’s `trigger` and `instructions`. * Withdraw from the thread’s balance. * Close the thread account. An authority may be any valid public address (i.e. a wallet pubkey or PDA). When the authority is a PDA, we occasionally refer to this as a “program authority” since the account is managed by a program. If you are unfamiliar with PDAs, the Solana Cookbook has a [great writeup](https://solanacookbook.com/core-concepts/pdas.html) on what they are and how to build secure programs with them. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.clockwork.xyz/reference/threads/authority.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.