Approvals that expire are friction — so we took the longest-lived route

Every short-lived login is a future interruption. We set a standing rule: whenever a tool offers a choice, take the longest-lived approval it allows, and if the provider forces an expiry anyway, say so plainly instead of pretending it is permanent. This week that meant moving our coding agent onto a one-year setup token and putting our second system on the same route. Both verified working after the change. Fewer sign-in walls, fewer stalled jobs.