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# SecurityTokenLifetime

The time after which the SecurityInfo token that the Community component passes as part of a secure query expire.

By default, Community uses this value as the lifetime of the SecurityInfo token, and you must request a new token after it expires. In this case, `SecurityTokenLifetime` has a default value of 30 minutes.

Alternatively, you can set SecurityTokenIdleTime to enable token refresh. In this case, the token expires after the specified SecurityTokenIdleTime only if the user does not use it. If the user sends requests within the configured SecurityTokenRefreshInterval of the token expiration time, Community returns a refresh token. The user can continue using the new token for a further SecurityTokenIdleTime.

When you set SecurityTokenIdleTime, `SecurityTokenLifetime` specifies the total lifetime of the original and all subsequent refresh tokens (that is, a user cannot refresh a token after the specified `SecurityTokenLifetime`). In this case, the default value of `SecurityTokenLifetime` increases to 12 hours.

Specify an interval in the following format:

    NumberTimeUnit

where,

`Number` | is the number of time units to elapse.
`TimeUnit` | is the time unit to apply. The following units are available: `second` `seconds` `minute` `minutes` `hour` `hours` `day` `days` `week` `weeks` `month` `months` `year`

NOTE: If you do not specify a `TimeUnit`, Community reads the specified number as seconds.

NOTE: The times used in the SecurityInfo strings are in Universal Coordinate Time (UTC or GMT) rather than local time.

Type: | Long
Default: | `30minutes` if SecurityTokenIdleTime is not set. `12hours` if SecurityTokenIdleTime is set.
Allowed Range: | Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1year
Recommended Range: | Minimum: 60seconds Maximum: 1year
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | Security
Example: | `SecurityTokenLifetime=10hours`
See Also: |

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Version 25.4 | Last updated October 2025

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Community Component 25.4

Topic Title: SecurityTokenLifetime