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See if this post helps: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/how-to-refresh-sanctum-token
Oct 27, 2022
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Laravel Sanctum token refresh
Hello, I recently started using Sanctum for API and I use the token based authentication. I have set token life to 60 minutes but I don't know how to manage token refreshing, because after 60 minutes the token becomes invalid and I cant determine the user which I want to generate new token - i get Unauthenticated response. I could just redirect client side to login page again but I do not want that - i want the refreshing to happen in the background. I could just set token life to 65 minutes and refresh the token after 60 min but I do not know if that is good practice and secure. Thanks!
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@jlrdw well it seems they have the exact same issues as me. If I don't end up finding built in Sanctum way i will use the package
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@Kan20 well either set a longer time or just have them sign in again. Humana Military does this exact thing, after X time you are logged out and have to login again. A new login is not that bad.
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@jlrdw What if they are in the middle of some kind of operation and data is lost
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@Kan20 The Humana site displays a popup letting you know you have a certain amount of time left.
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