Forum login timeout very aggressive?

[mgeoffriau]

Didn't see a subforum dedicated to actual forum usage questions so this seemed like the best spot.

Is the forum login timeout very aggressive for everyone, or is it just me? I haven't been able to determine the exact value, but compared to most forums it seems much more aggressive than typical; pretty much if I leave the tab idle for a little while and then come back to it, I can pretty much be assured I'll have been logged out and will have to log back in.

Just wondering if this is intentional and if so, why.

[dseven]

Maybe something in your browser cleaning up cookies? I don't remember the last time I had to login.......

[mooh]

Yes, the timeout is quite short. I've been locked out while replying several times.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

The default is one hour. If you click on the "Login" button without supplying username and password, you are redirected to the extended login mask.

There you can either pick a longer timeout or activate "stay logged in" - see screen shot.

HTH,
Patrick

[mgeoffriau]

Ah great, thank you for that tip. I'd never encountered that dialog as I was just logging into using the username/password fields in the forum header.