[mod_python] Session expires early

Yeah, BaseSession object does not save last accessed time if you just read
the session object so it works only for the given timeout and that is wrong
IMO.
All other session management systems save access times transparently and I
don't see a reason why shouldn't mod_python do that too.

At least documentation could mention this issue for now ...

Sebastjan

On 1/8/06, Graham Dumpleton <grahamd at dscpl.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> On 07/01/2006, at 1:51 PM, Sean Jamieson wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know why, or has anyone else notices, that a session seems
> > to time out reguardless of when it was last accessed?
> > i.e. I'm browsing along for 20-30 minutes, and then the I click a link
> > after being idle less than 5 minutes, and suddenly my session is
> > expired.
> >
> > This even happend today when I was showing something to a client, on
> > my laptop.
>
> AFAIK, the person who best understands the session code is not checking
> email at the moment. At least, haven't seen anything from them for a
> while.
>
> First question from me. What version of mod_python are you using? If not
> using version 3.2.5b, can you at least upgrade and confirm whether you
> see the same problem in that version.
>
> Also and more importantly, in the page access' between when you log in
> and when it expires, is your code ever actually saving the session
> object
> for any reason?
>
> I can't remember if a save is a prerequisite for having the last
> accessed
> time updated in the session database. Ie., if you don't do a save, that
> you accessed the session is never recorded and so it will expire as soon
> as the timeout value elapses.
>
> Surely not everyone who understands session is still on holidays! :-)
>
> Graham
>
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