Login Period Not "Sticking"
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Is anyone else having an issue with having to relogin far more quickly than the chosen period?
I'm certainly having to do so. It's not every time, and it may sometimes be quite a while before I have to log in again, but it's never anywhere near as long as the "1 Year" I opt for each time. It often seems not the "1 month" default either.
And no, before anyone asks, it's not because I'm clearing cookies. I'm using Firefox 155.0.1 (64 bit).
I thought I should ask before flagging it as a bug. If it's only me this is happening to, then I should probably delve a lot deeper my end first.
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Yes, this is something that I have also noticed recently. Not a big deal and since I like this site a lot, figured it would be fixed in due time by our Awesome staff.
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@Shepard69 Thanks for confirming it's not just me. It's no big deal for me either, and certainly not urgent, but if they don't know about it, they can't fix it. I'll put in bug report, next time I see the bug on screen.
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It crops up once in a while for me, but it's still better than needing to log in several times a day like I used to need to.
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the option "keep me signed in for" refers to the amount of time that this session must be kept active after you stop visiting the site from that browser. Each visit resets that timer.
I also use Firefox, and so far I had only one situation where I was unexplicably kicked out and had to login again, and after that it never occurred again.
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Hi Kevin4fm,
thanks for the bug report too, I looked at it together with this thread, and you found a real bug.
The period you pick is an inactivity window: every visit starts it again, so "1 year" should keep you logged in until you have not been on the site for a year. But after a password change or the Security Checkup (which the banner nudges everyone into) the login cookie was set to a fixed 14 days, whatever you had chosen. That is fixed as of today: those logins now keep your chosen period too.
If it throws you out again after this, reply here with the date, rough time and whether anything changed (browser update, new device, cleared data).
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