Show token expiration date in options by Copilot · Pull Request #8847 · refined-github/refined-github

Copilot · 2026-01-04T10:22:22Z

Displays token expiration inline with the username using Intl.RelativeTimeFormat for natural language formatting. Uses GitHub-Authentication-Token-Expiration header to show days remaining. Expiration info is only shown when token validation succeeds.

Changes:

Added getTokenInfo() combining scopes and expiration fetch (eliminates duplicate API call)
Extended token validation to calculate and display expiration status
Displays expiration inline with username (e.g., @fregante, expires in 40 days)
Uses Intl.RelativeTimeFormat with numeric: 'auto' for proper date formatting
Automatically handles special cases: "today", "tomorrow", "in X days", "X days ago"
Shows "no expiration" for classic tokens without expiration dates
Builds status message as a single string only when validation succeeds (prevents expiration text on error/loading states)
Simplified date calculation using Date.now() inline
Removed redundant getTokenScopes and getTokenExpiration helper functions
Optimized RTF instance creation at module level for efficiency

Format examples:

@fregante, no expiration (classic tokens)
@fregante, expires in 40 days
@fregante, expires today (automatic via RTF)
@fregante, expired 5 days ago (automatic for past dates)

States handled correctly:

Empty/validating: No expiration text appended
Error states: Just the error message (e.g., "Bad credentials")
Valid tokens: Username with expiration info combined as single string

Test URLs

Extension options page

Screenshot

Before (current state in issue):

After (final implementation):

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Show token expiration date in options</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Description

We could show a ⚠️ Token expires in x days message here, changing the emoji to ℹ️ when days > 30

Related to:

What to do when the token has expired? #5168

Example URLs

options page</issue_description>

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Fixes Show token expiration date in options #7855

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Co-authored-by: fregante <1402241+fregante@users.noreply.github.com>

source/options/token-validation.tsx

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fregante · 2026-01-05T08:28:11Z

@copilot place it inline again.

@fregante, no expiration
@fregante, expires in 40 days
@fregante, expires today
@fregante, expired

Use Intl.RelativeTimeFormat to calculate that "in x days" string. It natively switches to "today" if the parameter is is (0, "days")

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T08:32:57Z

@copilot place it inline again.

@fregante, no expiration
...

Done! Moved expiration back inline with username and using Intl.RelativeTimeFormat with numeric: 'auto' which natively handles "today" when days is 0.

Format examples:

@fregante, no expiration
@fregante, expires in 40 days
@fregante, expires today (automatic via RTF)
@fregante, expired

Commit: 013d009

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fregante · 2026-01-05T08:40:15Z

@copilot The additional text should be removed when not relevant. I think it should be part of a single string applied once (user + expiration)

But currently I see these states, which don't make sense

Bad credentials, no expiration
Validating..., no expiration

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Copilot · 2026-01-05T08:44:50Z

@copilot The additional text should be removed when not relevant. I think it should be part of a single string applied once (user + expiration)

But currently I see these states, which don't make se...

Fixed! The expiration info is now built as a single string and only added when we have valid user data. Error states and loading states no longer show the expiration text.

States now work correctly:

Empty/validating: No expiration text
Bad credentials: Just the error message
Valid token: @username, expires in X days / @username, no expiration

Commit: 56693b3

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Optimize API calls by combining token info fetching

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Fix trailing spaces linting errors

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Remove redundant export statement for getTokenInfo

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Move token expiration to list item with color-coded indicators

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Move expiration inline and use Intl.RelativeTimeFormat

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Optimize RTF instantiation and simplify expired token handling

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Build status message as single string only for valid tokens

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