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title: "Access and refresh tokens: different lifetimes"
description: "How can you separate presenting an access token from exchanging a refresh token?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T03.07/"
topicId: "T03.07"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you separate presenting an access token from exchanging a refresh token?

## What we will work through

Separate presenting an access token from exchanging a refresh token.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Inside a JWT: header, payload, and signature.

- [Inside a JWT: header, payload, and signature](/en/articles/topics/T03.01/)