Google's OAuth 'Testing' mode expires refresh tokens in 7 days. Publish the consent screen before you schedule anything.
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TL;DR — If your Google Cloud OAuth consent screen is still in Testing , every refresh token it issues dies after seven days. That is documented behavior, not a bug. My unattended YouTube uploader ran fine for a week and then stopped at 06:45 on a Saturday. The fix is not "re-authenticate"; it is "p…
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- 2026-09-16 22:30 · DEV Community — AI
Google's OAuth 'Testing' mode expires refresh tokens in 7 days. Publish the consent screen before you schedule anything.