Rotate/reset Google API credentials

[Vaibhav Rai]

Hey,

I would like to reset my Google OAuth credentials. 

I have a bunch of refresh tokens which were obtained by the current Google OAuth credentials.

If I reset/change the credentials, will my existing refresh tokens be invalidated?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Valibhav,

Thank you for reaching us out. I am Sherwin from Google Ads API support team. I hope that you are doing well today.

Moving forward to your concern, are you referring to Oauth credentials? If yes, then when you reset the the Oauth credentials (client-id and client secret), please note the refresh token expires because of the reasons below:

• The user has revoked your app's access.
• The refresh token has not been used for six months.
• The user changed passwords and the refresh token contains Gmail scopes.
• The user account has exceeded a maximum number of granted (live) refresh tokens.
• The user belongs to a Google Cloud Platform organization that has session control policies in effect.

Therefore, if the refresh token expires, you will need to regenerate a new one. You may see this guide regarding refresh token expiration.

Kind regards,

Sherwin Vincent Google Ads API Team

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[Vaibhav Rai]

Hey Sherwin,

Thank you for getting back to me.

Yes, I was referring to OAuth credentials. 

If none of the below reasons are met, and I update my client secret, the refresh tokens will not expire? 

If it does, is there a way around this issue (that, I can update the client secret but the refresh tokens don't expire)?