Stop 10 · Authentication & AuthorizationTopics · 7/11
Refresh Tokens
Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap
In short
A longer-lived token used to silently obtain a new short-lived access token, keeping users logged in without forcing frequent re-authentication or leaving long-lived tokens exposed.
How to learn this
- 1Implement a refresh-token endpoint that issues a new access token.
- 2Learn why access tokens are kept short-lived and refresh tokens longer-lived.
- 3Implement refresh token rotation to limit damage if one is stolen.
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