OAuth2 token stops working after 1 hour

Question

My app uses OAuth2 authentication to integrate with Jira Cloud. The oauth token works fine after for accessing the Jira API for an hour, after which the API starts returning a 401 error. Performing the Oauth2 flow again generates a new token, which works (again, for an hour). Do Altassian Oauth2 tokens expire? If so, how should they be refreshed? (I do not receive a refresh token during the oauth flow).

unknown · Answer

Thanks Harry. I will try that. However, is there a way such that the oauth token does not expire? Based on this question, it seems that that the oauth token does not expire for a long time -- https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Core-questions/When-does-the-access-token-expire/qaq-p/928593

Harry J.E Day (Last Day 21st July) · Answer

Hi Vishal are you including the `offline` scope in your oauth request? This should  cause it to return a refresh token you can use.