How long is a RefreshToken valid?

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Hi!

I’m writing a background worker that interacts with webhooks and the api. I wrote a cyclic process checking every 20 hours if a token is still valid, and gets a new one using the refresh token. Sometimes, the whole worker has nothing to do for days, and I’m wondering if I could also reduce this automatic refresh process - and just refresh a token when I really need it.

So my question: how long is a refresh token valid? Or does it not have any expiration?

Best regards,
Stefan

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Access Tokens expire after 24 hours, Refresh Tokens are valid for six months. You’d be fine just letting it run once a month or so.

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@TomScott,

Last I knew, refresh tokens were good for 90 days. Has that changed? It would be a good thing to know :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Thanks!

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I believe it has been set to a six month expiration period for a while now, but I would have to check with @bradb to see when it was last updated.

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Refresh tokens are 180 days. I am not sure when we changed those, but it was awhile ago.

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