Session timeout

sasha_janvier

Hey,

Just curiously, am I the only one on here who keeps getting logged out every 4-5 hours since the forum was last updated?

I've checked my cookie settings in Chrome and nothing has changed. This seems to only be happening on this website.

It's not the end of the world, just slightly inconvenient.

Thanks!

ferdinand

Hello @sasha_janvier,

Thank you for reaching out to us. That is the first time I hear about that.

NodeBB uses a cookie to store sessions and other things. So, when you delete that cookie manually or have an app that does that for your automatically, you will log out. You also cannot disable JS or certain browser specific settings, e.g., blacklist the site in Edge's Background Sync, as this might break the site by interrupting the websocket communication NodeBB is using.

When you encounter this next time, you could check if the express.sid cookie is still there for developers.maxon.net, that is your session. I would also recommend checking if this happens with another browser for you too.

Are you encountering any errors while using the site, both as toast windows presented by NodeBB in the lower right corner and as JS errors in the browser console?
What browser version are you using, and on which OS are you?

Cheers,
Ferdinand

sasha_janvier

Thank you @ferdinand!

I'm using Google Chrome V.121 on Windows 11 Pro. I haven't changed anything in my browser (i.e. extensions, scripts, etc) since the forum was updated.

I'll report back on my findings next time this happens

Thanks!