{"article":{"id":14977241619991,"url":"https://plaid.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/14977241619991.json","html_url":"https://support.plaid.com/hc/en-us/articles/14977241619991-Do-processor-tokens-expire","author_id":396033157154,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":3,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"section_id":15991413068951,"created_at":"2023-05-31T22:14:37Z","updated_at":"2026-06-01T01:59:27Z","name":"Do processor tokens expire?","title":"Do processor tokens expire?","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-06-01T01:59:27Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":1121774,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>A <a href=\"https://plaid.com/docs/quickstart/glossary/#processor-token\"><code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">processor_token</code></a> is a token used by a Plaid partner to make API calls on your behalf. Most processor tokens do not expire, however there are three exceptions:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">stripe_bank_account_token</code> is invalid after a single use</li>\n<li>Unit's <code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">processor_token</code> is valid for 24 hours</li>\n<li>Dwolla's <code style=\"border:none;background:#f1f3f5;padding:1px 4px;border-radius:3px;font-size:0.9em;\">processor_token</code> is valid for only an hour</li>\n</ul>","user_segment_ids":[]}}