Auto-Logoff too fast

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Hello,
would it be possible to increase the timeout value for staying online in this forum?
I’d like to stay online for one or two hours, even if I do not refresh the page.

Markus

2

I’m not sure what you mean. Are you referring to the list of online users or do you have to login after being idle for more then e.g. 30 minutes?

3

Hi Lambertus, thanks for reply!

Yes, I referred to the logoff which is done automatically after a certain idle time. Could be 30 minutes, but it feels like 5, of course. :wink:

4

Weird, I can be idle all day (without closing my browser ofcourse) and still be logged on. I’m also automatically logged in when I open the forum in a new browser session. So I guess it’s caused by something on your side. Can you clear you internet cache (or specifically: remove any cookies for this website) and check if you have cookies enabled for this website?

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Really weird. I clear the cookies every time I close the browser (Firefox). There are no cookies blocked. The forum sets 2 cookies and marks them valid until now+30min. Each time I click at a link in the forum, the validation time frames of these 2 cookies are updated. I.e., the forum cookies are automatically rendered invalid 30 minutes after my latest forum action…

6

Weird indeed.

There is only one 30 minutes configuration option and it is connected to this setting:
Visit timeout -Number of seconds a user must be idle before his/hers last visit data is updated (primarily affects new message indicators).

It should not cause you to logout after that time. I guess it’s not a cookie problem actually.

Are you visiting forum.osm.org or forum.openstreetmap.org?

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OK, then it’s me and not the fault of the forum’s configuration. I will try to find out, what’s going wrong… Maybe it’s ABP or Noscript.
I use forum.openstreetmap.org

Thanks for your help and information!

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I use ABP and NoScript and i have no problems. I keep logged in except when I delete cookies and close browser. If i don’t delete cookies and restart browser in 30min time window I’m logged in when I start browser again.