# Why stateless JWT logout is not immediate and how to revoke access

DevFeed: [Why stateless JWT logout is not immediate and how to revoke access](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stateless-jwts-have-a-logout-problem-and-enterprise-customers-will-find-it-16063.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/stateless-jwt-logout-problem>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-06T01:36:54Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [WorkOS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/workos-blog.md>)

Topics: [JSON Web Tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jwt.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [jwt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jwt.md>), [public-key](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/public-key.md>), [rotation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rotation.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [stateless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stateless.md>), [token](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/token.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains that signed stateless JWTs remain valid until expiration, so logging out or deactivating a user cannot revoke an already-issued token immediately. It compares short-lived access tokens with refresh-token rotation against a server-side denylist as approaches to revocation.

## Source excerpt

Stateless JWTs stay valid until they expire, so logout isn't instant. Here's why enterprise SCIM makes that a compliance problem -- and how to really fix it.