How to extend session time out in MVC?

Jaffer Sadiq

8y51.9k.NET

Hi,

I need to extend session time out in MVC. I set session time out value in web.config but didnt work. Where to set the session time out?

I kept username as session. but it expired in 20 minutes. I need to extend as per the requirements.

Thanks in advance

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Rupesh Kahane8y ago
Accepted answer
Suppose I have HomeController with code as follows.
HomeController.cs As per your requirement you can increase the timeout value in action method.
public class HomeController : Controller
  {
      // GET: Home
      public ActionResult Index()
      {
          var chkTimeOut = Session.Timeout;
          if (chkTimeOut  < 20)
          {
              // set new time out to session
              Session.Timeout = 60;
               return view("TimeOut");
          }
          else
          {
              return view("Demo");
          }
      }
Web.Config as follows.
Default timeout set to 30 min
<system.web>
  <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5.2"/>
  <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5.2"/>
  <sessionState mode="InProc" timeout="30">
  sessionState>
system.web>
To show a values on view use below code
TimeOut.cshtml as follows
@{
    Layout = null;
}

>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>TimeOuttitle>
head>
<body>
    <div>
        <h3> Session Time Extendedh3>
        <br /> Your New Session Time Value Is:
        @Session.Timeout
    div>
body>
html>
Demo.cshtml as follows
@{
    Layout = null;
}

>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Demotitle>
head>
<body>
    <br /> Your Current Session Value :
    @Session.Timeout
body>
html>
Hope so it works.
All the best
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Daril4y ago
The time out value in minutes can be increased using Timeout attribute of sessionState
element in web.config file. There we can set the set the session time out to a high value.
But that cant be set to infinity
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Jaffer Sadiq8y ago
Thanks for everyone who response.

Thanks Rupesh Kahane and Asma Khalid. I tried both of your approach. It works.
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Sanwar Ranwa8y ago
Hello Jaffer Ssadiq

Please check these Links

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/set-the-session-timeout-manually-in-asp-net

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17741775/changing-the-default-value-of-sessions-variable-timeout-in-asp-net-mvc

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7091498/with-asp-net-mvc-redirect-to-login-page-when-session-expires
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Asma Khalid8y ago
In asp.net mvc open "startup.Auth.cs" file and update below lines of code in "ConfigureAuth(...)" method i.e.
app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions
{
  AuthenticationType = DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie,
  LoginPath = new PathString("/Account/Login"),
  LogoutPath = new PathString("/Account/LogOff"),
  ExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5.0)
});
The above lines of code will increase or decrease the session time. THe above tells that login session will expire after 5 mins so, increase the session expiration time as you require.
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Farhan Ahmed8y ago
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/set-the-session-timeout-manually-in-asp-net
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