From c84af052517b46c95a6c0600fe9bbace920188f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Raposa Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:17:45 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs: explain default session expiration (#36126) --- .../core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py index eb5633ff1292..79609e4766e5 100644 --- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py +++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/session_inactivity_timeout/middleware.py @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ SESSION_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_IN_SECS = 300 This was taken from StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14830669/how-to-expire-django-session-in-5minutes) + +If left unset, session expiration will be handled by Django's SESSION_COOKIE_AGE, +which defauts to 1209600 (2 weeks, in seconds). """