From 442206eaae5cb2ba0880121a0e38cbb82c56a4a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lavanya Sainik <137502642+lavanya-sainik-ericsson@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:50:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update plugins/auth-backend/README.md Co-authored-by: Patrik Oldsberg Signed-off-by: Lavanya Sainik <137502642+lavanya-sainik-ericsson@users.noreply.github.com> --- plugins/auth-backend/README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/README.md b/plugins/auth-backend/README.md index 3133266614..290745454e 100644 --- a/plugins/auth-backend/README.md +++ b/plugins/auth-backend/README.md @@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ To try out SAML, you can use the mock identity provider: ## Configuring Token Expiration in App Config -If you need to change Backstage token expiration from the default value of one hour, set the following in your config file: +If you need to change Backstage token expiration from the default value of one hour you can do so through configuration. Note that this is **not** the session duration, but rather the duration that the short-term cryptographic tokens are valid for. The expiration can not be set lower than 10 minutes or above 24 hours. + +This is what the configuration looks like: ``` auth: