diff --git a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.cpp b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.cpp
index f71cd38d07d5..7dc6f855ce00 100644
--- a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.cpp
@@ -18,33 +18,8 @@ class TPgYdbProxy : public TActor<TPgYdbProxy> {
     using TBase = TActor<TPgYdbProxy>;
 
     struct TSecurityState {
-        TString Ticket;
-        Ydb::Auth::LoginResult LoginResult;
-        TEvTicketParser::TError Error;
-        TIntrusiveConstPtr<NACLib::TUserToken> Token;
         TString SerializedToken;
-    };
-
-    struct TTokenState {
-        std::unordered_set<TActorId> Senders;
-    };
-
-    struct TEvPrivate {
-        enum EEv {
-            EvTokenReady = EventSpaceBegin(NActors::TEvents::ES_PRIVATE),
-            EvEnd
-        };
-
-        static_assert(EvEnd < EventSpaceEnd(NActors::TEvents::ES_PRIVATE), "expect EvEnd < EventSpaceEnd(NActors::TEvents::ES_PRIVATE)");
-
-        struct TEvTokenReady : TEventLocal<TEvTokenReady, EvTokenReady> {
-            Ydb::Auth::LoginResult LoginResult;
-            TActorId Sender;
-            TString Database;
-            TString PeerName;
-
-            TEvTokenReady() = default;
-        };
+        TString Ticket;
     };
 
     struct TConnectionState {
@@ -54,7 +29,6 @@ class TPgYdbProxy : public TActor<TPgYdbProxy> {
 
     std::unordered_map<TActorId, TConnectionState> ConnectionState;
     std::unordered_map<TActorId, TSecurityState> SecurityState;
-    std::unordered_map<TString, TTokenState> TokenState;
     uint32_t ConnectionNum = 0;
 
 public:
@@ -63,85 +37,24 @@ class TPgYdbProxy : public TActor<TPgYdbProxy> {
     {
     }
 
-    void Handle(TEvTicketParser::TEvAuthorizeTicketResult::TPtr& ev) {
-        auto token = ev->Get()->Ticket;
-        auto itTokenState = TokenState.find(token);
-        if (itTokenState == TokenState.end()) {
-            BLOG_W("Couldn't find token in reply from TicketParser");
-            return;
-        }
-        for (auto sender : itTokenState->second.Senders) {
-            auto& securityState(SecurityState[sender]);
-            securityState.Ticket = token;
-            securityState.Error = ev->Get()->Error;
-            securityState.Token = ev->Get()->Token;
-            securityState.SerializedToken = ev->Get()->SerializedToken;
-            auto authResponse = std::make_unique<NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvAuthResponse>();
-            if (ev->Get()->Error) {
-                authResponse->Error = ev->Get()->Error.Message;
-            }
-            Send(sender, authResponse.release());
-        }
-        TokenState.erase(itTokenState);
-    }
-
-    void Handle(TEvPrivate::TEvTokenReady::TPtr& ev) {
-        auto token = ev->Get()->LoginResult.token();
-        auto itTokenState = TokenState.find(token);
-        if (itTokenState == TokenState.end()) {
-            itTokenState = TokenState.insert({token, {}}).first;
-        }
-        bool needSend = itTokenState->second.Senders.empty();
-        itTokenState->second.Senders.insert(ev->Get()->Sender);
-        if (needSend) {
-            Send(MakeTicketParserID(), new TEvTicketParser::TEvAuthorizeTicket({
-                .Database = ev->Get()->Database,
-                .Ticket = token,
-                .PeerName = ev->Get()->PeerName,
-            }));
-        }
-        SecurityState[ev->Get()->Sender].LoginResult = std::move(ev->Get()->LoginResult);
-    }
-
     void Handle(NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvAuth::TPtr& ev) {
-        std::unordered_map<TString, TString> clientParams = ev->Get()->InitialMessage->GetClientParams();
         BLOG_D("TEvAuth " << ev->Get()->InitialMessage->Dump() << " cookie " << ev->Cookie);
-        Ydb::Auth::LoginRequest request;
-        request.set_user(clientParams["user"]);
+        std::unordered_map<TString, TString> clientParams = ev->Get()->InitialMessage->GetClientParams();
+        TPgWireAuthData pgWireAuthData;
+        pgWireAuthData.UserName = clientParams["user"];
         if (ev->Get()->PasswordMessage) {
-            request.set_password(TString(ev->Get()->PasswordMessage->GetPassword()));
+            pgWireAuthData.Password = TString(ev->Get()->PasswordMessage->GetPassword());
         }
-        TActorSystem* actorSystem = TActivationContext::ActorSystem();
-        TActorId sender = ev->Sender;
-        TString database = clientParams["database"];
-        if (database == "/postgres") {
+        pgWireAuthData.Sender = ev->Sender;
+        pgWireAuthData.DatabasePath = clientParams["database"];
+        if (pgWireAuthData.DatabasePath == "/postgres") {
             auto authResponse = std::make_unique<NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvAuthResponse>();
             authResponse->Error = Ydb::StatusIds_StatusCode_Name(Ydb::StatusIds_StatusCode::StatusIds_StatusCode_BAD_REQUEST);
-            actorSystem->Send(sender, authResponse.release());
+            Send(pgWireAuthData.Sender, authResponse.release());
         }
-        TString peerName = TStringBuilder() << ev->Get()->Address;
+        pgWireAuthData.PeerName = TStringBuilder() << ev->Get()->Address;
 
-        using TRpcEv = NGRpcService::TGRpcRequestWrapperNoAuth<NGRpcService::TRpcServices::EvLogin, Ydb::Auth::LoginRequest, Ydb::Auth::LoginResponse>;
-        auto rpcFuture = NRpcService::DoLocalRpc<TRpcEv>(std::move(request), database, {}, actorSystem);
-        rpcFuture.Subscribe([actorSystem, sender, database, peerName, selfId = SelfId()](const NThreading::TFuture<Ydb::Auth::LoginResponse>& future) {
-            auto& response = future.GetValueSync();
-            if (response.operation().status() == Ydb::StatusIds::SUCCESS) {
-                auto tokenReady = std::make_unique<TEvPrivate::TEvTokenReady>();
-                response.operation().result().UnpackTo(&(tokenReady->LoginResult));
-                tokenReady->Sender = sender;
-                tokenReady->Database = database;
-                tokenReady->PeerName = peerName;
-                actorSystem->Send(selfId, tokenReady.release());
-            } else {
-                auto authResponse = std::make_unique<NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvAuthResponse>();
-                if (response.operation().issues_size() > 0) {
-                    authResponse->Error = response.operation().issues(0).message();
-                } else {
-                    authResponse->Error = Ydb::StatusIds_StatusCode_Name(response.operation().status());
-                }
-                actorSystem->Send(sender, authResponse.release());
-            }
-        });
+        Register(CreateLocalPgWireAuthActor(pgWireAuthData, SelfId()));
     }
 
     void Handle(NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvConnectionOpened::TPtr& ev) {
@@ -173,7 +86,6 @@ class TPgYdbProxy : public TActor<TPgYdbProxy> {
         }
         SecurityState.erase(ev->Sender);
         ConnectionState.erase(itConnection);
-        // TODO: cleanup TokenState too
     }
 
     void Handle(NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvQuery::TPtr& ev) {
@@ -236,6 +148,18 @@ class TPgYdbProxy : public TActor<TPgYdbProxy> {
         }
     }
 
+    void Handle(TEvEvents::TEvAuthResponse::TPtr& ev) {
+        auto& securityState = SecurityState[ev->Get()->Sender];
+        auto authResponse = std::make_unique<NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvAuthResponse>();
+        if (!ev->Get()->ErrorMessage.empty()) {
+            authResponse->Error = ev->Get()->ErrorMessage;
+        } else {
+            securityState.SerializedToken = ev->Get()->SerializedToken;
+            securityState.Ticket = ev->Get()->Ticket;
+        }
+        Send(ev->Get()->Sender, authResponse.release());
+    }
+
     STATEFN(StateWork) {
         switch (ev->GetTypeRewrite()) {
             hFunc(NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvAuth, Handle);
@@ -248,8 +172,7 @@ class TPgYdbProxy : public TActor<TPgYdbProxy> {
             hFunc(NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvExecute, Handle);
             hFunc(NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvClose, Handle);
             hFunc(NPG::TEvPGEvents::TEvCancelRequest, Handle);
-            hFunc(TEvPrivate::TEvTokenReady, Handle);
-            hFunc(TEvTicketParser::TEvAuthorizeTicketResult, Handle);
+            hFunc(TEvEvents::TEvAuthResponse, Handle);
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.h b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.h
index a5c9cc395793..b9d6588981b3 100644
--- a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.h
+++ b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "local_pgwire_util.h"
 #include <ydb/library/actors/core/actor.h>
 
 namespace NLocalPgWire {
@@ -5,4 +8,6 @@ namespace NLocalPgWire {
 inline NActors::TActorId CreateLocalPgWireProxyId(uint32_t nodeId = 0) { return NActors::TActorId(nodeId, "localpgwire"); }
 NActors::IActor* CreateLocalPgWireProxy();
 
+NActors::IActor* CreateLocalPgWireAuthActor(const TPgWireAuthData& pgWireAuthData, const NActors::TActorId& pgYdbProxy);
+
 }
diff --git a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire_auth_actor.cpp b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire_auth_actor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd9d91c60e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire_auth_actor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+#include "log_impl.h"
+#include "local_pgwire.h"
+#include "local_pgwire_util.h"
+
+#include <ydb/core/base/path.h>
+#include <ydb/core/base/ticket_parser.h>
+#include <ydb/core/grpc_services/local_rpc/local_rpc.h>
+#include <ydb/core/tx/scheme_cache/scheme_cache.h>
+
+#include <ydb/library/actors/core/actor.h>
+#include <ydb/library/actors/core/actor_bootstrapped.h>
+
+#include <ydb/public/api/grpc/ydb_auth_v1.grpc.pb.h>
+
+#include <ydb/services/persqueue_v1/actors/persqueue_utils.h>
+
+namespace NLocalPgWire {
+
+using namespace NActors;
+using namespace NKikimr;
+
+class TPgYdbAuthActor : public NActors::TActorBootstrapped<TPgYdbAuthActor> {
+    using TBase = TActor<TPgYdbAuthActor>;
+
+    struct TEvPrivate {
+        enum EEv {
+            EvTokenReady = EventSpaceBegin(NActors::TEvents::ES_PRIVATE),
+            EvAuthFailed,
+            EvEnd
+        };
+
+        static_assert(EvEnd < EventSpaceEnd(NActors::TEvents::ES_PRIVATE), "expect EvEnd < EventSpaceEnd(NActors::TEvents::ES_PRIVATE)");
+
+        struct TEvTokenReady : TEventLocal<TEvTokenReady, EvTokenReady> {
+            Ydb::Auth::LoginResult LoginResult;
+
+            TEvTokenReady() = default;
+        };
+
+        struct TEvAuthFailed : NActors::TEventLocal<TEvAuthFailed, EvAuthFailed> {
+            TString ErrorMessage;
+        };
+    };
+
+    TPgWireAuthData PgWireAuthData;
+    TActorId PgYdbProxy; 
+
+    TString DatabaseId;
+    TString FolderId;
+    TString SerializedToken;
+    TString Ticket;
+
+public:
+    TPgYdbAuthActor(const TPgWireAuthData& pgWireAuthData, const TActorId& pgYdbProxy)
+        : PgWireAuthData(pgWireAuthData)
+        , PgYdbProxy(pgYdbProxy) {
+    }
+
+    void Bootstrap() {
+        if (PgWireAuthData.UserName == "__ydb_apikey") {
+            if (PgWireAuthData.Password.empty()) {
+                SendResponseAndDie("Invalid password");
+            }
+            SendDescribeRequest();
+        } else {
+            SendLoginRequest();
+        }
+
+        Become(&TPgYdbAuthActor::StateWork);
+    }
+
+    void Handle(TEvTicketParser::TEvAuthorizeTicketResult::TPtr& ev) {
+        if (ev->Get()->Error) {
+            SendResponseAndDie(ev->Get()->Error.Message);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        SerializedToken = ev->Get()->SerializedToken;
+        Ticket = ev->Get()->Ticket;
+
+        SendResponseAndDie();
+    }
+
+    void Handle(TEvPrivate::TEvTokenReady::TPtr& ev) {
+        Send(MakeTicketParserID(), new TEvTicketParser::TEvAuthorizeTicket({
+            .Database = PgWireAuthData.DatabasePath,
+            .Ticket = ev->Get()->LoginResult.token(),
+            .PeerName = PgWireAuthData.PeerName,
+        }));
+    }
+
+    void Handle(TEvPrivate::TEvAuthFailed::TPtr& ev) {
+        SendResponseAndDie(ev->Get()->ErrorMessage);
+    }
+
+    void Handle(NKikimr::TEvTxProxySchemeCache::TEvNavigateKeySetResult::TPtr& ev) {
+        const NKikimr::NSchemeCache::TSchemeCacheNavigate* navigate = ev->Get()->Request.Get();
+        if (navigate->ErrorCount) {
+            SendResponseAndDie(TStringBuilder() << "Database with path '" << PgWireAuthData.DatabasePath << "' doesn't exists");
+            return;
+        }
+        Y_ABORT_UNLESS(navigate->ResultSet.size() == 1);
+
+        const auto& entry = navigate->ResultSet.front();
+
+        for (const auto& attr : entry.Attributes) {
+            if (attr.first == "folderId") FolderId = attr.second;
+            else if (attr.first == "database_id") DatabaseId = attr.second;
+        }
+
+        SendApiKeyRequest();
+    }
+
+    STATEFN(StateWork) {
+        switch (ev->GetTypeRewrite()) {
+            hFunc(TEvPrivate::TEvTokenReady, Handle);
+            hFunc(TEvTicketParser::TEvAuthorizeTicketResult, Handle);
+            hFunc(TEvTxProxySchemeCache::TEvNavigateKeySetResult, Handle);
+            hFunc(TEvPrivate::TEvAuthFailed, Handle);
+        }
+    }
+private:
+    void SendLoginRequest() {
+        Ydb::Auth::LoginRequest request;
+        request.set_user(PgWireAuthData.UserName);
+        if (!PgWireAuthData.Password.empty()) {
+            request.set_password(PgWireAuthData.Password);
+        }
+
+        auto* actorSystem = TActivationContext::ActorSystem();;
+
+        using TRpcEv = NGRpcService::TGRpcRequestWrapperNoAuth<NGRpcService::TRpcServices::EvLogin, Ydb::Auth::LoginRequest, Ydb::Auth::LoginResponse>;
+        auto rpcFuture = NRpcService::DoLocalRpc<TRpcEv>(std::move(request), PgWireAuthData.DatabasePath, {}, actorSystem);
+        rpcFuture.Subscribe([actorSystem, selfId = SelfId()](const NThreading::TFuture<Ydb::Auth::LoginResponse>& future) {
+            auto& response = future.GetValueSync();
+            if (response.operation().status() == Ydb::StatusIds::SUCCESS) {
+                auto tokenReady = std::make_unique<TEvPrivate::TEvTokenReady>();
+                response.operation().result().UnpackTo(&(tokenReady->LoginResult));
+                actorSystem->Send(selfId, tokenReady.release());
+            } else {
+                auto authFailedEvent = std::make_unique<TEvPrivate::TEvAuthFailed>();
+                if (response.operation().issues_size() > 0) {
+                    authFailedEvent->ErrorMessage = response.operation().issues(0).message();
+                } else {
+                    authFailedEvent->ErrorMessage = Ydb::StatusIds_StatusCode_Name(response.operation().status());
+                }
+                actorSystem->Send(selfId, authFailedEvent.release());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    void SendApiKeyRequest() {
+        auto entries = NKikimr::NGRpcProxy::V1::GetTicketParserEntries(DatabaseId, FolderId);
+
+        Send(NKikimr::MakeTicketParserID(), new NKikimr::TEvTicketParser::TEvAuthorizeTicket({
+            .Database = PgWireAuthData.DatabasePath,
+            .Ticket = "ApiKey " + PgWireAuthData.Password,
+            .PeerName = PgWireAuthData.PeerName,
+            .Entries = entries
+        }));
+    }
+
+    void SendDescribeRequest() {
+        auto schemeCacheRequest = std::make_unique<NKikimr::NSchemeCache::TSchemeCacheNavigate>();
+        NKikimr::NSchemeCache::TSchemeCacheNavigate::TEntry entry;
+        entry.Path = NKikimr::SplitPath(PgWireAuthData.DatabasePath);
+        entry.Operation = NKikimr::NSchemeCache::TSchemeCacheNavigate::OpPath;
+        entry.SyncVersion = false;
+        schemeCacheRequest->ResultSet.emplace_back(entry);
+        Send(NKikimr::MakeSchemeCacheID(), MakeHolder<NKikimr::TEvTxProxySchemeCache::TEvNavigateKeySet>(schemeCacheRequest.release()));
+    }
+
+    void SendResponseAndDie(const TString& errorMessage = "") {
+        std::unique_ptr<TEvEvents::TEvAuthResponse> authResponse;
+        if (!errorMessage.empty()) {
+            authResponse = std::make_unique<TEvEvents::TEvAuthResponse>(errorMessage, PgWireAuthData.Sender);
+        } else {
+            authResponse = std::make_unique<TEvEvents::TEvAuthResponse>(SerializedToken, Ticket, PgWireAuthData.Sender);
+        }
+
+        Send(PgYdbProxy, authResponse.release());
+
+        PassAway();
+    }
+};
+
+
+NActors::IActor* CreateLocalPgWireAuthActor(const TPgWireAuthData& pgWireAuthData, const TActorId& pgYdbProxy) {
+    return new TPgYdbAuthActor(pgWireAuthData, pgYdbProxy);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire_util.h b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire_util.h
index 21ecf6dd88db..0ef16d84b27e 100644
--- a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire_util.h
+++ b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/local_pgwire_util.h
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ struct TConnectionState {
     uint32_t ConnectionNum = 0;
 };
 
+struct TPgWireAuthData {
+    TActorId Sender;
+    TString UserName;
+    TString DatabasePath;
+    TString Password;
+    TString PeerName;
+};
+
 struct TParsedStatement {
     NPG::TPGParse::TQueryData QueryData;
     std::vector<Ydb::Type> ParameterTypes;
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ struct TEvEvents {
         EvUpdateStatement,
         EvSingleQuery,
         EvCancelRequest,
+        EvAuthResponse,
         EvEnd
     };
 
@@ -98,6 +107,24 @@ struct TEvEvents {
     struct TEvCancelRequest : NActors::TEventLocal<TEvCancelRequest, EvCancelRequest> {
         TEvCancelRequest() = default;
     };
+
+    struct TEvAuthResponse : NActors::TEventLocal<TEvAuthResponse, EvAuthResponse> {
+        TString SerializedToken;
+        TString Ticket;
+        TString ErrorMessage;
+        TActorId Sender;
+
+        TEvAuthResponse(const TString& serializedToken, const TString& ticket, const TActorId& sender)
+            : SerializedToken(serializedToken)
+            , Ticket(ticket)
+            , Sender(sender)
+        {}
+
+        TEvAuthResponse(const TString& errorMessage, const TActorId& sender)
+            : ErrorMessage(errorMessage)
+            , Sender(sender)
+        {}
+    };
 };
 
 TString ColumnPrimitiveValueToString(NYdb::TValueParser& valueParser);
diff --git a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/ya.make b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/ya.make
index d63b67b22f5e..71b533976682 100644
--- a/ydb/core/local_pgwire/ya.make
+++ b/ydb/core/local_pgwire/ya.make
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 LIBRARY()
 
 SRCS(
+    local_pgwire_auth_actor.cpp
     local_pgwire_connection.cpp
     local_pgwire.cpp
     local_pgwire.h
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ PEERDIR(
     ydb/core/kqp/common/events
     ydb/core/kqp/common/simple
     ydb/core/kqp/executer_actor
+    ydb/core/base
     ydb/core/grpc_services
     ydb/core/grpc_services/local_rpc
     ydb/core/protos
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ PEERDIR(
     ydb/core/ydb_convert
     ydb/public/api/grpc
     ydb/public/lib/operation_id/protos
+    ydb/services/persqueue_v1/actors
 )
 
 YQL_LAST_ABI_VERSION()