GitHub Access Token expires itself.

[Jonathan0827]

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My GitHub Access Token expires itself although I've set it not to expire.
I used it with OctoKit.swift

[Mohamed-SayedAlAhl]

Access tokens generated by GitHub have a default expiration time of one hour, regardless of whether or not you have set them to expire. This is a security measure to ensure that if a token is compromised, it will only be usable for a limited time.

If you need your token to have a longer lifespan, you can request a token with a longer expiration time by specifying the desired expiration time when you generate the token. The maximum expiration time you can specify is 1 year.

Alternatively, you can use OAuth to authenticate with GitHub, which allows you to generate a long-lived access token that can be refreshed without requiring user intervention.

In any case, it's always a good practice to regularly rotate your access tokens to minimize the risk of them being compromised.

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