# How to reissue the session token if timeout

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-to-reissue-the-session-token-if-timeout/1573>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-to-reissue-the-session-token-if-timeout/1573 "2021-01-13T08:43:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcheab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jcheab](https://community.sendbird.com/u/jcheab)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-to-reissue-the-session-token-if-timeout/1573/1 "2021-01-13T08:43:05Z")

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Hi,  
As the topic, we wish to use the session token to authenticate user but we can not find a way to re-issue the token after its expired.

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**Author:** ![walter.rodriguez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/walter.rodriguez/32/546_2.png) [@walter.rodriguez](https://community.sendbird.com/u/walter.rodriguez)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-to-reissue-the-session-token-if-timeout/1573/2 "2021-01-13T09:54:58Z")

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I guess this can help (updating a user)

> **[User | Chat Platform API | Sendbird Docs](https://sendbird.com/docs/chat/v3/platform-api/guides/user#2-update-a-user)**
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> Manage the attibutes and functionalities of the users.

There’s an attribute: **issue\_access\_token** (boolean)

Determines whether to revoke the existing access token and create a new one for the user. If **true** , an opaque string token is issued and provided upon creation, which should be passed whenever the user logs in. If **false** , an access token is not required when the user logs in. (Default: **false** )