Forum Logging Me Out

Daz

I keep getting logged out on the pc matt. Log in go to post and it says i need to log in.

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Matt

Having a look now mate. Think I've found the problem.

Matt

Should be sorted Daz. I'd got some cache settings for the old set up, but I'd not changed the session cache to be done by xcache.

Only seemed to affect people who didn't have the "keep me logged in" checked when they signed in.

Daz

cheers matt.... was only on the pc tho... i'm logged in on tapatalk all the same and had no issues...

Matt

Yeah. I've had no issues since I changed the settings this aftenoon, but I always keep myself logged in. I tried with my other account in Firefox, and got logged straight back out.

Matt

Done some more testing with my second test account, and all seems to be OK when not choosing to stay logged in.

Matt

Tested in IE8 as well, and defo looks fixed. Anyone else able to confirm?

Daz

Been away for an hr , came back and i'm logged out again..

Matt

It will log you out after 60 minutes if you don't do anything. That is coded into the forum software from what I can gather

Daz

i see.... sure it didnt do it before tho..

Matt

Hmm, do you have "keep me logged in" checked? I can set it not to cache the session details (tbh, I don't think they were being cached before). Will change it later when I get the laptop out.

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Daz

Never have checked it since u switched software.. but if thats what the issue is i can check it from now on..

Matt

Check it and see if it makes a difference mate. I'll keep a separate window open logged in as my other account and see if it expires.

Matt

I've checked what the forum is doing, and it wasn't caching the session information in memory, it was taking it from the sessions table in the database, so nothing I've done this evening has changed the way the sessions are being handled.

I've actually set it to cache the sessions now, and checked the queries being ran, and it's now caching them in memory.

Daz

left this wimdow alone for 15mins or so, came back , clicked whats new and , was logged out again.. so have now ticked the box... so will see what happens..

Matt

I've just tried myself again, and with it caching the session in memory, it will kick me out if I don't check that box. For the sake of 2 extra database queries, I've turned it off now.

Matt

sessions are now back in the database

SELECT session_data
FROM xf_session
WHERE session_id = ?
AND expiry_date >= ?
Params: 709b70b953cea1e0c7ac35fb8e73c066, 1332195990
Run Time: 0.000319
Select TypeTableTypePossible KeysKeyKey LenRefRowsExtra
SIMPLExf_sessionconstPRIMARY,expiry_datePRIMARY34const1

Matt

any further problems Daz?

Matt

OK, I've actually discovered what the issue was when I was setting the forum to cache the user session data via an opcache. It's due to us running php as fcgid. I think I've fixed this, as there were several things set allowing multiple php processes to be started, causing users to jump between them (1st issue if you hit the process which didn't have your session in the cache), and having a lifetime on the process of 2 hours, so the maximum time the cache would be available was also two hours, as each php process gets it's own cache.

I've made some changes which are now active, and can see the cache is now attached to a single php process

# ps -ef | grep 25157
z22se    25157 25014  3 10:15 ?        00:00:22 /usr/bin/php

Will keep an eye on it over the next couple of days :thumbup: