# The Business Value of Refresh Token Expiration

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147>\
**Category:** Blog Discussions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147 "2020-12-01T16:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![robertino.calcaterra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/robertino.calcaterra/32/66825_2.png) [@robertino.calcaterra](https://community.auth0.com/u/robertino.calcaterra)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147/1 "2020-12-01T16:18:00Z")

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Auth0 introduces sliding sessions and absolute expirations for refresh tokens, taking web app security to the next level.  
[Read more…](https://auth0.com/blog/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/)

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**Author:** ![robertino.calcaterra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/robertino.calcaterra/32/66825_2.png) [@robertino.calcaterra](https://community.auth0.com/u/robertino.calcaterra)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147/2 "2020-12-01T20:59:03Z")

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Please let us know if you have any questions!

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**Author:** ![zshift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/zshift/32/25963_2.png) [@zshift](https://community.auth0.com/u/zshift)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147/3 "2020-12-01T22:37:17Z")

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Note to the editor for this article: JWT stands for JSON web token, not Java web token.

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**Author:** ![diego.poza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/diego.poza/32/8869_2.png) [@diego.poza](https://community.auth0.com/u/diego.poza)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147/5 "2020-12-02T14:12:14Z")

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Thanks for reporting @zshift! We just fixed this.

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**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147/6 "2020-12-03T16:48:17Z")

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Thanks Diego for the headsup!

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**Author:** ![stephanie.chamblee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/stephanie.chamblee/32/26087_2.png) [@stephanie.chamblee](https://community.auth0.com/u/stephanie.chamblee)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147/7 "2021-02-05T14:07:17Z")

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**Author:** ![konrad.sopala](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/konrad.sopala/32/13516_2.png) [@konrad.sopala](https://community.auth0.com/u/konrad.sopala)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/the-business-value-of-refresh-token-expiration/54147/8 "2022-03-07T14:09:09Z")

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