---
title: "Extend a Session"
method: PATCH
path: "/admin/sessions/{id}/extend"
tags: ["identity"]
---

# Extend a Session

`PATCH /admin/sessions/{id}/extend`

Calling this endpoint extends the given session ID. If `session.earliest_possible_extend` is set it
will only extend the session after the specified time has passed.

This endpoint returns per default a 204 No Content response on success. Older Ory Network projects may
return a 200 OK response with the session in the body. Returning the session as part of the response
will be deprecated in the future and should not be relied upon.

This endpoint ignores consecutive requests to extend the same session and returns a 404 error in those
scenarios. This endpoint also returns 404 errors if the session does not exist.

Retrieve the session ID from the `/sessions/whoami` endpoint / `toSession` SDK method.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

session

- Session — A Session
  - `active` boolean — Active state. If false the session is no longer active.
  - `authenticated_at` string, date-time — The Session Authentication Timestamp When this session was authenticated at. If multi-factor authentication was used this is the time when the last factor was authenticated (e.g. the TOTP code challenge was completed).
  - `authentication_methods` SessionAuthenticationMethod[] — A list of authenticators which were used to authenticate the session.
    - `aal` 'aal0' | 'aal1' | 'aal2' | 'aal3' — The authenticator assurance level can be one of "aal1", "aal2", or "aal3". A higher number means that it is harder for an attacker to compromise the account. Generally, "aal1" implies that one authentication factor was used while AAL2 implies that two factors (e.g. password + TOTP) have been used. To learn more about these levels please head over to: https://www.ory.sh/kratos/docs/concepts/credentials
    - `completed_at` string, date-time — When the authentication challenge was completed.
    - `method` 'password' | 'oidc' | 'totp' | 'lookup_secret' | 'webauthn' | 'code' | 'passkey' | 'profile' | 'saml' | 'link_recovery' | 'code_recovery' — The method used in this authenticator. password CredentialsTypePassword oidc CredentialsTypeOIDC totp CredentialsTypeTOTP lookup_secret CredentialsTypeLookup webauthn CredentialsTypeWebAuthn code CredentialsTypeCodeAuth passkey CredentialsTypePasskey profile CredentialsTypeProfile saml CredentialsTypeSAML link_recovery CredentialsTypeRecoveryLink CredentialsTypeRecoveryLink is a special credential type linked to the link strategy (recovery flow). It is not used within the credentials object itself. code_recovery CredentialsTypeRecoveryCode
    - `organization` string — The Organization id used for authentication
    - `provider` string — OIDC or SAML provider id used for authentication
  - `authenticator_assurance_level` 'aal0' | 'aal1' | 'aal2' | 'aal3' — The authenticator assurance level can be one of "aal1", "aal2", or "aal3". A higher number means that it is harder for an attacker to compromise the account. Generally, "aal1" implies that one authentication factor was used while AAL2 implies that two factors (e.g. password + TOTP) have been used. To learn more about these levels please head over to: https://www.ory.sh/kratos/docs/concepts/credentials
  - `devices` SessionDevice[] — Devices has history of all endpoints where the session was used
    - `id` string, uuid, required — Device record ID
    - `ip_address` string — IPAddress of the client
    - `location` string — Geo Location corresponding to the IP Address
    - `user_agent` string — UserAgent of the client
  - `expires_at` string, date-time — The Session Expiry When this session expires at.
  - `id` string, uuid, required — Session ID
  - `identity` Identity — An [identity](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/concepts/identity-user-model) represents a (human) user in Ory.
    - `created_at` string, date-time — CreatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
    - `credentials` object — Credentials represents all credentials that can be used for authenticating this identity.
    - `external_id` string — ExternalID is an optional external ID of the identity. This is used to link the identity to an external system. If set, the external ID must be unique across all identities.
    - `id` string, uuid, required — ID is the identity's unique identifier. The Identity ID can not be changed and can not be chosen. This ensures future compatibility and optimization for distributed stores such as CockroachDB.
    - `metadata_admin` unknown
    - `metadata_public` unknown
    - `organization_id` string, uuid4, nullable
    - `recovery_addresses` RecoveryIdentityAddress[] — RecoveryAddresses contains all the addresses that can be used to recover an identity.
      - `created_at` string, date-time — CreatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
      - `id` string, uuid
      - `updated_at` string, date-time — UpdatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
      - `value` string, required
      - `via` string, required
    - `schema_id` string, required — SchemaID is the ID of the JSON Schema to be used for validating the identity's traits.
    - `schema_url` string, required — SchemaURL is the URL of the endpoint where the identity's traits schema can be fetched from. format: url
    - `state` 'active' | 'inactive' — State is the identity's state. This value has currently no effect. active StateActive inactive StateInactive
    - `state_changed_at` string, date-time
    - `traits` unknown, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time — UpdatedAt is a helper struct field for gobuffalo.pop.
    - `verifiable_addresses` VerifiableIdentityAddress[] — VerifiableAddresses contains all the addresses that can be verified by the user.
      - `created_at` string, date-time — When this entry was created
      - `id` string, uuid — The ID
      - `status` string, required — VerifiableAddressStatus must not exceed 16 characters as that is the limitation in the SQL Schema
      - `updated_at` string, date-time — When this entry was last updated
      - `value` string, required — The address value example foo@user.com
      - `verified` boolean, required — Indicates if the address has already been verified
      - `verified_at` string, date-time
      - `via` 'email' | 'sms', required — The delivery method
  - `issued_at` string, date-time — The Session Issuance Timestamp When this session was issued at. Usually equal or close to `authenticated_at`.
  - `tokenized` string — Tokenized is the tokenized (e.g. JWT) version of the session. It is only set when the `tokenize_as` query parameter was set to a valid tokenize template during calls to `/session/whoami`.

## Other responses

- `204` — Empty responses are sent when, for example, resources are deleted. The HTTP status code for empty responses is typically 204.
- `400` — errorGeneric
- `404` — errorGeneric
- `default` — errorGeneric

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