googleapis / googleapis/google-api-java-client
Allow to not cache the application default credentials
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type: feature request
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Description
When using `GoogleCredential.getApplicationDefault`, the credentials are cached in `DefaultCredentialProvider` ([code](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/blob/8b46efb4532097fecff2591398dcf6667718e432/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/auth/oauth2/DefaultCredentialProvider.java#L95)).
This is an issue for long lived programs where the application defaults may change. One example is the Gradle wrapper (see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/31652#issuecomment-2535320948).
It would be nice if `GoogleCredential` could be instanciated so that we could manage its lifecycle.
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