How to refresh the ticket after 30 minutes automatically?

Question

The customer told me that after 30 minutes continuous using the web, an error pops up, saying:

"An error has occurred! Error detail not sent by server."

I checked the source code, and found it should be caused by ticket.Properties.ExpiresUtc property which was set to 30 minutes. How to refresh the ticket after 30 minutes automatically?

The 30 minutes limitation is in Authenticate of webapi/api/controllers/AccountController.cs.

The stack trace is as below:

WARN  2018-09-24 00:47:42,673 [25   ] Abp.Logging.LogHelper                    - Abp.Authorization.AbpAuthorizationException: Current user did not login to the application!
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelper.<AuthorizeAsync>d__19.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelper.<CheckPermissions>d__22.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelper.<AuthorizeAsync>d__20.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Nito.AsyncEx.Synchronous.TaskExtensions.WaitAndUnwrapException(Task task)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Nito.AsyncEx.Synchronous.TaskExtensions.WaitAndUnwrapException(Task task)
   at Nito.AsyncEx.AsyncContext.Run(Func`1 action)
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelperExtensions.Authorize(IAuthorizationHelper authorizationHelper, MethodInfo methodInfo, Type type)
   at Abp.Web.Mvc.Authorization.AbpMvcAuthorizeFilter.OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
Abp.Authorization.AbpAuthorizationException: Current user did not login to the application!
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelper.<AuthorizeAsync>d__19.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelper.<CheckPermissions>d__22.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelper.<AuthorizeAsync>d__20.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Nito.AsyncEx.Synchronous.TaskExtensions.WaitAndUnwrapException(Task task)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Nito.AsyncEx.Synchronous.TaskExtensions.WaitAndUnwrapException(Task task)
   at Nito.AsyncEx.AsyncContext.Run(Func`1 action)
   at Abp.Authorization.AuthorizationHelperExtensions.Authorize(IAuthorizationHelper authorizationHelper, MethodInfo methodInfo, Type type)
   at Abp.Web.Mvc.Authorization.AbpMvcAuthorizeFilter.OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)

Answer 1

SlidingExpiration is only available for cookies: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.web.configuration.formsauthenticationconfiguration.slidingexpiration?view=netframework-4.7.2

In general, sliding expiration for accessToken is wrong - once accessToken is leaked, it can be used to indefinitely prolong the access. That's what a refresh token is for. ABP does not handle refresh tokens but you can refer to IdentityServer4's Token Endpoint. Note that refresh token also has to be handled client-side: when you receive 401 Error, call the endpoint, then set to new accessToken.

If you decide to do sliding expiration, here's a third-party document on Reissusing a JWT with a New (Sliding) Expiration for WebApi.