From 0fd38177ed30e541bb33920ec93084ea48e27968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Martynus <39992+gr2m@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:56:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs(README): add note about expiration (#141)

addresses https://github.com/actions/create-github-app-token/issues/121#issuecomment-2043214796

Co-authored-by: Parker Brown <17183625+parkerbxyz@users.noreply.github.com>
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 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb88140..57c2021 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ In order to use this action, you need to:
 2. [Store the App's ID in your repository environment variables](https://docs.github.com/actions/learn-github-actions/variables#defining-configuration-variables-for-multiple-workflows) (example: `APP_ID`)
 3. [Store the App's private key in your repository secrets](https://docs.github.com/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets?tool=webui#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository) (example: `PRIVATE_KEY`)
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]  
+> An installation access token expires after 1 hour. Please [see this comment](https://github.com/actions/create-github-app-token/issues/121#issuecomment-2043214796) for alternative approaches if you have long-running processes.
+
 ### Create a token for the current repository
 
 ```yaml