This counter tallies the TACACS+ Access-Request packets the switch sends for command or session authorization, the AAA phase that runs after a user has already authenticated and is now asking whether a specific action is permitted, aggregated across every server used for authorization and excluding retransmissions. Because authorization requests fire on a per-command basis in many TACACS+ deployments, this counter typically grows far faster than the authentication counters on a busy management session. For example, an admin running a dozen configuration commands in one session could generate a dozen authorization requests from a single successful login.