diff --git a/proto/caosdb/scripting/v1alpha1/scripting.proto b/proto/caosdb/scripting/v1alpha1/scripting.proto
index 8b3d85f128dd184f855f2675eb2e7a416f9c7c9b..2028e0413fd675e3495aaf6f0c282fd724b72db4 100644
--- a/proto/caosdb/scripting/v1alpha1/scripting.proto
+++ b/proto/caosdb/scripting/v1alpha1/scripting.proto
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package caosdb.scripting.v1alpha1;
 
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";
+
 option java_multiple_files = true;
 option java_package = "org.caosdb.api.scripting.v1alpha1";
 
@@ -40,10 +42,12 @@ message ExecuteScriptRequest {
   repeated string positional_arguments = 3;
   // The named arguments for the script
   repeated NamedArgument named_arguments = 4;
-  // The files to be used by the script (will be uploaded to the server)
+  // The files to be used by the script (will be uploaded to the server, not implemented yet)
   repeated string script_files = 5;
-  // IDEA: Whether the script should be executed asynchronously
-  bool run_async = 6;
+  // The authentication token for the script execution. Will be generated by server if empty.
+  string auth_token = 6;
+  // Whether the script should be executed asynchronously (not implemented yet)
+  bool run_async = 7;
 }
 
 enum ScriptExecutionResult {
@@ -90,27 +94,15 @@ message ExecuteScriptResponse {
   string stdout = 5;
   // The standard error of the script
   string stderr = 6;
-  // IDEA: The user who executed the script
-  string executing_user = 7;
-  // IDEA: The date and time when the script was started
-  string execution_start_datetime = 8;
-  // IDEA: The date and time when the script was finished
-  string execution_end_datetime = 9;
-  // IDEA: The duration of the script execution
-  string execution_duration = 10;
-  // IDEA: Return a list of files created by the script. These files will be available for download.
-  //       The files will be deleted after a certain time? How should the server know about
-  //       about these?
-  repeated string created_files = 11;
+  // The start time of the script execution
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp start_time = 7;
+  // The end time of the script execution (empty if the script is still running)
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp end_time = 8;
+  // The duration of the script execution in milliseconds (zero if the script is still running)
+  int64 duration_ms = 9;
 }
 
 service ServerSideScriptingService {
   // Executes a script on the server side
   rpc ExecuteScript(ExecuteScriptRequest) returns (ExecuteScriptResponse) {}
-  // IDEA: Get the status of a script execution
-  rpc GetScriptExecutionStatus(ScriptExecutionId) returns (ExecuteScriptResponse) {}
-  // IDEA: Delete temp files (only for admins?)
-  //   rpc DeleteTempFiles(DeleteTempFilesRequest) returns (DeleteTempFilesResponse) {}
-  // IDEA: Wait for a script execution to finish
-  //   rpc WaitForScriptExecution(ScriptExecutionId, TimeoutDuration) returns (ExecuteScriptResponse) {}
 }