Session Inactivity Timeout?

DumbGuy · 20 Aug 2016, 08:38 PM

For the new 2FA login system, what is the session inactivity timeout duration before the sessions auto-terminates?

Thanks.

DumbGuy · 27 Aug 2016, 12:12 AM

No one knows?

Before I posted this thread, I searched both the FM Help pages and this forum for terms like "session", "inactivity", "timeout", combing through some specific threads in the process. No luck.

Is this documented anywhere?

BritTim · 27 Aug 2016, 12:36 AM

The session timeout period used to be 2 hours, but this was a few years ago, and I cannot vouch for it not having been altered since.

DumbGuy · 27 Aug 2016, 06:08 AM

Thanks for that, BritTim. Yeah, I seem to remember that figure from the good ol' days. I think there was also a 1-hr option as well.

robn · 27 Aug 2016, 12:57 PM

With "keep me logged in" unchecked, it's two hours. Checked, it's 30 days.

DumbGuy · 27 Aug 2016, 07:48 PM

Awesome. Thanks for the confirmation on that.

NumberSix · 26 Mar 2023, 10:26 AM

Resurrecting this thread because I decided that 2 hours is a bit too short for me now, and I thought I should be able to set this timeout length, but search as I might, in the UI and also the help pages, I can't find any ref to being able to set it. Thot I would ask here before opening a ticket. Is this really not a user-settable thing?

DumbGuy · 26 Mar 2023, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NumberSix

Resurrecting this thread because I decided that 2 hours is a bit too short for me now, and I thought I should be able to set this timeout length, but search as I might, in the UI and also the help pages, I can't find any ref to being able to set it. Thot I would ask here before opening a ticket. Is this really not a user-settable thing?

(Wow, 6.5 years later!)

I've never come across a user-setting for inactivity-timeout. Hmmm, I wonder if you could implement a kludgy workaround with a "keep-alive" kind of browser extension that pings the FM UI periodically.

While we're on the topic, is the mobile browser inactivity timeout a little shorter than 2 hours? I feel like it may be 1.5 hrs -ish.

Terry · 27 Mar 2023, 08:37 AM

You tick keep me logged in when you log in.

NumberSix · 27 Mar 2023, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DumbGuy

(Wow, 6.5 years later!)

Seems I recently hit my 20th anniversary on the forum... maybe I should go try to find something from 2003 to bring back

Quote:

I've never come across a user-setting for inactivity-timeout. Hmmm, I wonder if you could implement a kludgy workaround with a "keep-alive" kind of browser extension that pings the FM UI periodically.

Too much trouble. Especially for something that should be easily settable.

NumberSix · 27 Mar 2023, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terry

You tick keep me logged in when you log in.

Except I only want 3 or maybe 4 hours, not 30 days

NumberSix · 27 Mar 2023, 06:09 PM

Feature request submitted to FM

Terry · 30 Mar 2023, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NumberSix

Except I only want 3 or maybe 4 hours, not 30 days

Log out then it does not keep for 30 days

20 Aug 2016, 08:38 PM	#1
DumbGuy Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 212	Session Inactivity Timeout? For the new 2FA login system, what is the session inactivity timeout duration before the sessions auto-terminates? Thanks.

27 Aug 2016, 12:12 AM	#2
DumbGuy Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 212	No one knows? Before I posted this thread, I searched both the FM Help pages and this forum for terms like "session", "inactivity", "timeout", combing through some specific threads in the process. No luck. Is this documented anywhere?

27 Aug 2016, 12:36 AM	#3
BritTim The "e" in e-mail Join Date: May 2003 Location: mostly in Thailand Posts: 3,091	The session timeout period used to be 2 hours, but this was a few years ago, and I cannot vouch for it not having been altered since.

27 Aug 2016, 06:08 AM	#4
DumbGuy Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 212	Thanks for that, BritTim. Yeah, I seem to remember that figure from the good ol' days. I think there was also a 1-hr option as well.

27 Aug 2016, 12:57 PM	#5
robn Master of the @ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,007 Representative of: Fastmail.fm	With "keep me logged in" unchecked, it's two hours. Checked, it's 30 days.

27 Aug 2016, 07:48 PM	#6
DumbGuy Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 212	Awesome. Thanks for the confirmation on that.

26 Mar 2023, 10:26 AM	#7
NumberSix Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Village Posts: 609	Resurrecting this thread because I decided that 2 hours is a bit too short for me now, and I thought I should be able to set this timeout length, but search as I might, in the UI and also the help pages, I can't find any ref to being able to set it. Thot I would ask here before opening a ticket. Is this really not a user-settable thing?

27 Mar 2023, 08:37 AM	#9
Terry The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VK4 Posts: 3,019	You tick keep me logged in when you log in.

27 Mar 2023, 06:09 PM	#12
NumberSix Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Village Posts: 609	Feature request submitted to FM