temporalio / temporalio/ui

Improve UX for SSO users with short-lived tokens

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enhancement
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When connected to an OpenID Connect provider with short-lived tokens, the user needs to click on the "Continue to SSO" button every time its token expires. This could become disruptive from time to time.

Describe the solution you'd like

Make use of refresh tokens to renew the token without interrupting the user.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Alternatively, the UI could automatically redirect the user to SSO page upon receiving an expired token, in which case the user will get redirected back to the UI with the new token.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the UI's SSO token-expiry handling, then trace how tokens are renewed or users are redirected; the work is done when short-lived tokens can be refreshed without requiring the user to click Continue to SSO.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
authentication, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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