Session timeout #5397

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T10:02:12+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 10:02:12 +03:00

Originally created by @Charliopoulos on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025).

Describe the Bug

I have seen other issues addressing this topic, but they where on a more sophisticated level. As a home user running bookstack on LAN only, I would like to set the session time to a very long time. Maybe months.
I also access the page from many devices (laptop, pc and mobile) and its kind of annoying having to log in every time.

Steps to Reproduce

Go to bookstack instance
Log in
Access from another device
log in

Expected Behaviour

I would expect to have the session timeout set to a longer timespace.

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Browser Details

all browsers

Exact BookStack Version

25.07

Originally created by @Charliopoulos on GitHub (Aug 11, 2025). ### Describe the Bug I have seen other issues addressing this topic, but they where on a more sophisticated level. As a home user running bookstack on LAN only, I would like to set the session time to a very long time. Maybe months. I also access the page from many devices (laptop, pc and mobile) and its kind of annoying having to log in every time. ### Steps to Reproduce Go to bookstack instance Log in Access from another device log in ### Expected Behaviour I would expect to have the session timeout set to a longer timespace. ### Screenshots or Additional Context _No response_ ### Browser Details all browsers ### Exact BookStack Version 25.07

OVERLORD added the 🐛 Bug label 2026-02-05 10:02:12 +03:00

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2026-02-05 10:02:13 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 10:02:15 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2025):

Hi @Charliopoulos,

You should be able to increase your session timeout by following our guidance here:
https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/cache-session-config/#session-timeouts

With that set very high, it'd be best to avoid using the "Remember me" option since that's single-device only (existing issue to cover multi-device remember logins exist in #2985).

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2025): Hi @Charliopoulos, You should be able to increase your session timeout by following our guidance here: https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/cache-session-config/#session-timeouts With that set very high, it'd be best to avoid using the "Remember me" option since that's single-device only (existing issue to cover multi-device remember logins exist in #2985).

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 10:02:16 +03:00

@Charliopoulos commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2025):

Thanks. I will wait them for the mentiones issue to be solved.

@Charliopoulos commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2025): Thanks. I will wait them for the mentiones issue to be solved.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#5397