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# Refreshes existing user session.

> Refreshes an existing session, thus extending the expiration time of the existing session token.

## OpenAPI

````json POST /v1/sys/session/refresh
{
  "info": {
    "description": "Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager Backend. These are APIs using which the frontend and other clients (compute node agents) interact with Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager functionalities, which include compute node and app enrollment, attestation and signing, and Certificate Authority.",
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "title": "Confidential Computing Manager",
    "termsOfService": "https://www.fortanix.com/legal/terms/",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Fortanix Support",
      "url": "https://support.fortanix.com/hc/en-us/categories/360003107511-Confidential-Computing-Manager",
      "email": "support@fortanix.com"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
    }
  },
  "paths": {
    "/v1/sys/session/refresh": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "Auth"
        ],
        "summary": "Refreshes existing user session.",
        "description": "Refreshes an existing session, thus extending the expiration time of the existing session token.",
        "operationId": "refresh",
        "x-auth-resource": "NoAuth",
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Refreshed Session Info.",
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/definitions/RefreshResponse"
            }
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "bearerToken": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
````