Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Token lifespans

There are two lifespans available for the ArcGIS token, short-lived and long-lived. The default lifespan for a short-lived token is 60 minutes, and for a long-lived token, the default lifespan is 1,440 minutes (24 hours). These are configurable properties, and we will change them momentarily. Which type of token gets returned for a request depends on how it is requested from the client. The following table summarizes how ArcGIS Server issues tokens:

What client requests	What client receives
A token with no time-out value	A short-lived token with a time-out that matches the short-lived token lifespan property
A token with a time-out value less than the short-lived token lifespan setting	A short-lived token ...