Update Access Token Lifetime (2024)

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Update Access Token Lifetime? ›

Refresh tokens have a longer lifetime than access tokens. The default lifetime for the refresh tokens is 24 hours for single page apps and 90 days for all other scenarios. Refresh tokens replace themselves with a fresh token upon every use.

Refresh tokens have a longer lifetime than access tokens. The default lifetime for the refresh tokens is 24 hours for single page apps and 90 days for all other scenarios. Refresh tokens replace themselves with a fresh token upon every use.

Access token lifetime

generateAccessToken method to create the token. This method enables you to choose the lifetime of the token, with a maximum lifetime of 12 hours. If you want to extend the token lifetime beyond the default, you must create an organization policy that enables the iam.

Access tokens: varies, depending on the client application requesting the token. For example, continuous access evaluation (CAE) capable clients that negotiate CAE-aware sessions will see a long lived token lifetime (up to 28 hours). ID tokens, SAML2 tokens: 1 hour.

Access token lifetime

By default, an access token for a custom API is valid for 86400 seconds (24 hours). We recommend that you set the validity period of your token based on the security requirements of your API.

Unfortunately, there is no option to find the expiration time for the refresh token, because it is depending on authorization server and the type of client application, and it is not communicated to the client. In the Microsoft identity platform, the default lifetime for refresh tokens is 90 days.

Access tokens to expire, their default lifetime is ~1h and can be configured to up to ~24h (28h).

What is the best practice for refresh token expiration? ›

Best practice

Set the expiration time for refresh tokens in such a way that it is valid for a little longer period than the access tokens. For example, if you set 30 minutes for access token then set (at least) 24 hours for the refresh token.

Refresh tokens extend the lifespan of an access token. Typically, they're issued alongside access tokens, allowing additional access tokens to be granted when the live access token expires. They're usually stored securely on the authorization server itself.

In this article. When a token has expired or has been revoked, it can no longer be used to authenticate Git and API requests. It is not possible to restore an expired or revoked token, you or the application will need to create a new token.

Note: The default lifetime of an Access Token is 24 hours (86,400 seconds).

You Can Store Refresh Token In Local Storage

Storing tokens in browser local storage provides persistence across page refreshes and browser tabs; however, if malicious users managed to run JavaScript in the SPA using a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, they could retrieve the tokens stored in local storage.

When enabled, a refresh token will expire based on an absolute lifetime, after which the token can no longer be used. If rotation is enabled, an expiration lifetime must be set. The Absolute Expiration of the rotating refresh token is defined on creation and is not changed, even with an exchange.

Refresh token is valid until revoked—Default. The refresh token is used indefinitely, unless revoked by the user or Salesforce admin. Revoke tokens on a user's detail page under OAuth Connected Apps or on the OAuth Connected Apps Usage Setup page.

The refresh token is set with a very long expiration time of 200 days. If the traffic to this API is 10 requests/second, then it can generate as - many as 864,000 tokens in a day.

Sliding: when refreshing the token, the lifetime of the refresh token will be renewed (by the amount specified in SlidingRefreshTokenLifetime). The lifetime will not exceed the absolute lifetime.