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# Associating User with the Hedera Token

**`PUT /tokens/push/{tokenId}/associate`**

Associates the authenticated user with the specified Hedera token asynchronously.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.TOKENS_TOKEN_EXECUTE`

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## Request

### Path Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description                              |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `tokenId` | string | Yes      | The Hedera token ID (e.g. `0.0.5000001`) |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `202 Accepted`

```json
{
  "taskId": "63e3e5e8a01b3c001234abcd",
  "expectation": "Associate token"
}
```

Poll `GET /tasks/{taskId}` to retrieve the result.

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description                     |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token        |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions        |
| `422 Unprocessable Entity`  | User not registered with Hedera |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure       |