How long should hydraulic brakes last?

[ichitan]

My new bike has hydraulic disc brakes. They are nice to use. I think they will be widely used in the future.

How long should I expect before they fail in some way? I am not talking about the brake pads wearing out, but some kind of failure of the brakes.

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This is after I found a way to refurbish brake pads in cable brake calipers.

https://forums.bikeride.com/thread-8174.html

I may experiment with doing something similar with hydraulic brakes in the future.