The Access Control cluster (0x001F) is a Matter cluster that Manages permissions and access control lists (ACLs) that determine which nodes can interact with the device.. It defines 2 commands and 8 attributes and is mandatory for 1 device type.

Last updated 26 Sep 2026

Access Control 0x001F

Global Cluster

Utility

Introduced in: Matter 1.0

Devices: 720

Manages permissions and access control lists (ACLs) that determine which nodes can interact with the device.

Spec History

This cluster's ClusterRevision across the Matter releases it has shipped in. Click a version to inspect the cluster as it existed in that release.

Matter 1.0 Matter 1.1 Matter 1.2 Matter 1.3 Matter 1.4 rev 2 Matter 1.5 rev 2 Matter 1.6 rev 3 Matter master rev 3

Attributes 8

Commands 2

Features 3

Code	Name	Type	Flags
0x0000	ACL	array	Writable read: administer write: administer
0x0001	Extension	array	Writable Optional read: administer write: administer
0x0002	SubjectsPerAccessControlEntry 4..65534	int16u
0x0003	TargetsPerAccessControlEntry 3..65534	int16u
0x0004	AccessControlEntriesPerFabric 4..65534	int16u
0x0005	CommissioningARL	array	Optional
0x0006	ARL	array	Optional
0x0007	AuxiliaryACL	array	Optional Provisional read: administer

Code	Name	Direction	Parameters
0x00	ReviewFabricRestrictions Optional invoke: administer This command signals to the service associated with the device vendor that the fabric administrator would like a review of the current restrictions on the accessing fabric.	client→server	`ARL`: CommissioningAccessRestrictionEntryStruct
0x01	ReviewFabricRestrictionsResponse Optional Returns the review token for the request, which can be used to correlate with a FabricRestrictionReviewUpdate event.	server→client	`Token`: int64u