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Login sessions do not stick posted: May 12, 2008 7:00 AM

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Peter_vm
9,058 posts since
Feb 1, 2006
Was anything done to VMTN forums to make Login sessions very volatile?
I had to Login at least four times today to continue sending replies....
Before the change, I could use the same session (cookie?) for weeks.

Re: Login sessions do not stick

1. May 12, 2008 8:07 AM in response to: Peter_vm
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RDellimmagine
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Jul 19, 2004
Thanks, Peter. There is an issue with session timeouts that we are working on. I'll update again when I have more information about the fix. Regards, Robert

Re: Login sessions do not stick

2. May 12, 2008 3:53 PM in response to: Peter_vm
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RDellimmagine
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See Login / Logout / Update Profile for more details. Regards, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Re: Login sessions do not stick

3. May 13, 2008 8:07 AM in response to: RDellimmagine
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Peter_vm
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Feb 1, 2006
Can you please give us an estimate when fix is planned to go in?

Re: Login sessions do not stick

4. May 13, 2008 10:31 AM in response to: Peter_vm
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RDellimmagine
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Jul 19, 2004
See Session Timeout Update. This has high priority. - Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Re: Login sessions do not stick

5. May 13, 2008 1:05 PM in response to: RDellimmagine
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petedr
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Mar 18, 2006
I was just going to post a question on this, it has been happening to me all day and then saw this post. Thanks for the explanation

Re: Login sessions do not stick

6. May 14, 2008 5:55 PM in response to: Peter_vm
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RDellimmagine
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Jul 19, 2004
We will deploy a fix to this issue on Thursday, May 15 by 12pm (noon) Pacific time (PDT).

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Re: Login sessions do not stick

7. May 15, 2008 10:42 AM in response to: RDellimmagine
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petedr
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Mar 18, 2006
thanks Robert

Re: Login sessions do not stick

8. May 15, 2008 1:31 PM in response to: Peter_vm
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RDellimmagine
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Jul 19, 2004
This problem has been fixed. Sessions now time out only after 30 days. I'm sorry for the inconvenience caused by the shorter timeout over the past few days. - Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Re: Login sessions do not stick

9. May 15, 2008 8:45 PM in response to: RDellimmagine
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Peter_vm
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Feb 1, 2006
Yes, it seems to be fixed. I don't know if it is going to hold for 30 days, but it has been more than 12 hours.

Thank you Robert for helping us.

Re: Login sessions do not stick

10. May 20, 2008 8:37 PM in response to: RDellimmagine
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petedr
1,408 posts since
Mar 18, 2006
Everything has been working fine for me as well, thanks again

Re: Login sessions do not stick

11. Jun 10, 2008 1:07 PM in response to: RDellimmagine
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petedr
1,408 posts since
Mar 18, 2006

Hey Robert,

I was wondering if this issue had come back. The last 2 days when I went to the vmtn communities I had to log back in. Wanted to double check, it is possible it is also something on my side.


Re: Login sessions do not stick

12. Jun 10, 2008 1:47 PM in response to: petedr
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RDellimmagine
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I changed the session timeout from 30 days to 24 hours. By doing so, casual visitors to VMware Communities will view the site as guests, and therefore they will get the performance benefits of having the site cached via Akamai (Akamai caches pages for guest visitors only). I've gotten feedback that people don't mind having to log in once a day. Regards, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Re: Login sessions do not stick

13. Jun 10, 2008 6:47 PM in response to: RDellimmagine
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petedr
1,408 posts since
Mar 18, 2006
Thanks Robert, thats not a problem for me,

Re: Login sessions do not stick

14. Jul 26, 2008 6:20 AM in response to: petedr
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continuum
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Dec 18, 2003
http://sanbarrow.com/gifs/ranting2.gif

lost another post because I had to login again - two hours after a fresh login

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