# Authentication time

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/authentication-time/111170>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** login-experience\
**Created:** [July 13, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authentication-time/111170 "2023-07-13T05:01:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bejo.jeffrin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/bejo.jeffrin/32/48842_2.png) [@bejo.jeffrin](https://community.auth0.com/u/bejo.jeffrin)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authentication-time/111170/1 "2023-07-13T05:01:30Z")

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One of my application user the getting the following error.

Authentication time (auth\_time) claim in the ID token indicates that too much time has passed since the last end user authentication .

Please help me resolve this error

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**Author:** ![ty.frith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/ty.frith/32/58484_2.png) [@ty.frith](https://community.auth0.com/u/ty.frith)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authentication-time/111170/4 "2023-07-14T21:31:54Z")

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Hello there @bejo.jeffrin welcome to the community!

> [@bejo.jeffrin](#):
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> Authentication time (auth\_time) claim in the ID token indicates that too much time has passed since the last end user authentication .

In what context is the user getting this error? Are you passing a `max_age` parameter in your authorization request?

Let us know!

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**Author:** ![bejo.jeffrin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/bejo.jeffrin/32/48842_2.png) [@bejo.jeffrin](https://community.auth0.com/u/bejo.jeffrin)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authentication-time/111170/5 "2023-07-15T12:34:42Z")

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This was happening in the login attempt and the max\_age is 1

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**Author:** ![ty.frith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/ty.frith/32/58484_2.png) [@ty.frith](https://community.auth0.com/u/ty.frith)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authentication-time/111170/6 "2023-07-17T22:02:51Z")

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Hey @bejo.jeffrin thanks for confirming!

Depending on your use case, and unless you are attempting to [force re-auth](https://auth0.com/docs/authenticate/login/max-age-reauthentication) you’ll most likely want to increase the `max_age` value or omit it altogether.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/authentication-time/111170/7 "2023-07-31T22:03:25Z")

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