Cloud Storage V4 signed URLs cannot be valid for longer than seven days
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:09.603Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:09.603Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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The V4 signing algorithm caps the expiration at 604800 seconds. Requesting more fails in the client libraries before any network call, with an error naming the seven day maximum. The older V2 signing has no such cap but is deprecated and should not be used for new code.
A signed URL encodes exactly the operation, resource and headers that were signed, so a URL signed for GET cannot be replayed as a PUT, and a URL signed with a content type must be used with that content type.
For the common case of long-lived download links, do not stretch the expiry. Issue short URLs from an endpoint that checks your own authorization on each request, which also gives you revocation. If a genuinely long-lived public link is acceptable, make the object public and serve it through Cloud CDN instead, since the signature adds nothing once the URL is shareable for a week.
Source: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/signed-urls
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