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title: "Refreshes existing user session."
slug: "refreshes-existing-user-session"
updated: 2026-04-04T02:22:39Z
published: 2026-04-04T02:22:47Z
canonical: "support.fortanix.com/refreshes-existing-user-session"
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# Refreshes existing user session.

Post/v1/sys/session/refresh

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

SecurityAPI Key: bearerTokenHeader parameter nameAuthentication

A JWT bearer token to be passed once authenticated.

Responses200

Refreshed Session Info.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='4459e6e8-d658-4a02-97e9-1da086ee2429'>application/json</option>
</select>Expand Allobject  session_infoobject (SessionInfo)  subject_idstring  (uuid)    
session_expires_atinteger  (int64)    

Timestamp of when session will expire.

session_token_expires_atinteger  (int64)    

Timestamp of when session token will expire.

selected_account_idstring  (uuid)    

The selected account ID, if one is selected.