I am getting this error "unexpected error. Verify the certificate ID and check that it has not expired" when try to connect Machine-to-machine authentication by Visual Studio Code

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Based on the conversations provided, the error you're encountering "Unexpected error. Verify the certificate ID and check that it has not expired" when trying to connect Machine-to-Machine authentication by Visual Studio Code could be due to an expired or invalid certificate ID. In the first conversation, a similar issue was discussed where the user was getting an "invalid_grant" error after an hour of server uptime. The solution suggested was to generate a new payload (and signature) whenever the expiration date has been reached. This is controlled by the

iat

and

exp

parameters in your

jwtPayload

. Here is the relevant code snippet from the conversation:

javascript
const jwtPayload = {
  iss: CONSUMER_KEY,
  scope: ["restlets", "rest_webservices"],
  iat: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
  exp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3600,
  aud: TOKEN_URL,
};

In this code,

iat

is the issued at time and

exp

is the expiration time. If the current time surpasses the

exp

time, you will need to generate a new payload and signature. Please ensure that your certificate ID is valid and has not expired. If it has, you will need to generate a new one. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******