Django Allauth seems to log user out after a few days of inactivity

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When a user logs in, I want the user to stay logged in indefinitely unless of course they themselves prompt the log out.

What seems to be the case with my website (using django-allauth for authentication) is that when a user logs in and then doesn't go on the website for a few days (haven't tested exactly how many days) it loses their authentication and they're no longer logged in.

I want the authentication state to be permanent and not expire.

Can someone explain this please and tell me how to achieve what i want.

tried looking into session cookie expiry and researching defaults. Haven't got far.

did you have a look at SESSION_COOKIE_AGE setting? – marxin May 17 '19 at 12:41 — marxin, May 17 '19 at 12:41

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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It seems you're looking for this setting (django-allauth):

ACCOUNT_SESSION_REMEMBER (=None)

Controls the life time of the session. Set to None to ask the user (“Remember me?”), False to not remember, and True to always remember.

You might want to combine this with a considerable large SESSION_COOKIE_AGE.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered May 21 '19 at 20:19

Raydel Miranda

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '19 at 20:56

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As said in the comments you have to set the SESSION_COOKIE_AGE value.

According to the documentation the default value is 2 weeks.

answered May 18 '19 at 20:56

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Django Allauth seems to log user out after a few days of inactivity

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