Fluid Topics User Sessions - Fluid Topics - 3.7

Fluid Topics Integration Guide

Operating system
Debian
Category
Reference Guides
Audience
public
Version
3.7

User sessions are automatically generated when someone (human or bot) starts using a Fluid Topics portal.

The session keeps running as long as the product is used.

  • Anonymous users, who are not logged in, also have a user session.
  • If users are anonymous, the same user session is kept when logging into Fluid Topics.

By default, the timeout is set to 30 minutes. This means that after 30 minutes of inactivity on the portal, the session ends. Leaving the page opened is not sufficient to keep the session running.

Users with the ADMIN or PORTAL_ADMIN role can define a different value for the session timeout in the General tab of the Authentication administration interface.

Examples

  • The following diagram shows the example of Lucy who accesses the portal but never authenticates nor does anything on the portal. Her session expires after 30 minutes. When Lucy makes a new a request, a new session starts.

    Session example 1

  • The following diagram shows the example of Safie who accesses the portal but remains anonymous. She makes a request on the portal and then authenticates 15 minutes after opening the portal. Five minutes later, she makes another request and then remains inactive for 30 minutes. Her session expires 50 minutes after opening the portal. When making a new request, a new session starts and she is invited to authenticate again.

    Session example 2

  • The following diagram shows the example of Peter who accesses the portal and authenticates right away. His last request occurred 20 minutes after first accessing the portal. He then remains inactive for 30 minutes. His session expires 50 minutes after opening the portal. When making a new request, a new session starts and he is invited to authenticate again.

    Session example 3