Azure DevOps Repo generate git credentials - expiration?

Question

In Azure DevOps git Repo. If you click Clone, there is an option button to generate git credentials. I am wondering what the expiration duration is for the generated user/PAT (password)? This is what happened to me... I generated a git user/PAT and used it ok, but the next day I got an auth error. I then generated a new git user/PAT and immediately after used the new one ok.

Answer 1

Hello Nick,

Thanks for posting your question here.

Looks like possibly your Git credentials token in Azure DevOps and is set to token expiration as 24 hours by default by our administrator.

As in below screenshot:

1. Open your Azure DevOps organization or project.
2. Click on "Personal access tokens" and select the token you want to modify.

Click on "Edit" and modify the expiration duration as desired.

Click on "Save" to save the changes.

Once you have updated the expiration duration as desired for the token, it should remain valid for the specified duration. If you continue to experience issues with the token expiring, you may want to check with your organization or project administrator to ensure that the token is configured correctly and has the necessary permissions to access the Git repository.

Hope this helps, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thankyou!

Answer 2

@Nick C

Thanks for reaching here!

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