# Add support for expiration for access tokens in Nexus

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/add-support-for-expiration-for-access-tokens-in-nexus/12501>\
**Category:** Sonatype Nexus Repository\
**Created:** [April 29, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/add-support-for-expiration-for-access-tokens-in-nexus/12501 "2024-04-29T05:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![monperrus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.sonatype.com/monperrus/32/2444_2.png) [@monperrus](https://community.sonatype.com/u/monperrus)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/add-support-for-expiration-for-access-tokens-in-nexus/12501/1 "2024-04-29T05:20:07Z")

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It is considered good hygiene in software supply chain security to have expiration date for all publishing tokens.

What about adding an option for having an expiration date for access tokens?

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**Author:** ![mprescott](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.sonatype.com/mprescott/32/178_2.png) [@mprescott](https://community.sonatype.com/u/mprescott)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/add-support-for-expiration-for-access-tokens-in-nexus/12501/2 "2024-04-29T12:54:45Z")

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@monperrus We agree, we’ve started work on this. (No release dates that I can announce at this point.)