Re: Session timeout on commitfest.postgresql.org

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> $SUBJECT seems to be less than 12 hours, which is annoyingly short.
>> I don't see a good reason why I should have to log in again every
>> morning. I could see expiring the cookie in a week or so, or tying
>> it to a particular IP address, but this is just getting in the way.

> Hrm. It seems that there's not really any timeout at all (which
> probably needs to be fixed); rather, it just sets a cookie that lasts
> for the lifetime of your browser session. Let me see about doing
> something about this.

I haven't restarted Safari in quite a while, but I've been forced to log
in again roughly daily for the past week. It appears to time out after
8 or 10 hours of non-access to the site.

regards, tom lane