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Should I refresh refresh token?
Keeping Refresh Tokens Secure A short-lived access token helps improve the security of our applications, but it comes with a cost: when it expires, the user needs to log in again to get a new one. Frequent re-authentication can diminish the perceived user experience of your application.
Why is refresh token safe?
Refresh Tokens in the Browser With a refresh token, the frontend application can quickly obtain new access tokens. As a result, the authorization server can reduce the lifetime of access tokens to five or ten minutes. Doing so reduces the potential window of abuse for stolen access tokens.
What happens if you do not get a refresh token?
If you do not get back a new refresh token, then it means your existing refresh token will continue to work when the new access token expires. Keep in mind that at any point the user can revoke an application , so your application needs to be able to handle the case when refreshing the access token also fails.
What happens when you exchange an access token?
The response will be a new access token, and optionally a new refresh token, just like you received when exchanging the authorization code for an access token. If you do not get back a new refresh token, then it means your existing refresh token will continue to work when the new access token expires.
Is it good strategy to refreshing JWT token?
The JWT standard doesn’t speak about refreshing tokens. Is refreshing an expired token a good strategy? Refreshing a token is done to confirm with the authentication service that the holder of the token still has access rights.
Can a refresh token be blacklisted by a server?
Refresh tokens are usually subject to strict storage requirements to ensure they are not leaked. They can also be blacklisted by the authorization server. Whether tokens are opaque or not is usually defined by the implementation. Common implementations allow for direct authorization checks against an access token.