Docs: Logout on closing browser window?

mikl · January 8, 2009, 4:49pm

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By default, a user will be logged out once he closes his browser window.

That’s news for me . Shouldn’t it be “…once his session expires.”?

qiang · January 8, 2009, 4:51pm

That's the meaning. By default, a session will terminate if the browser is closed.

mikl · January 8, 2009, 4:55pm

Hmm. Sorry, but I have to be picky here : Mostly session id is stored in cookies and they persist no matter wether the browser gets closed, so the session does not terminate when the browser is closed.

Could be confusing for some people…

qiang · January 8, 2009, 6:32pm

Thank you! Yes, the session actually remains there till expiration, although closing the browser will expire the session cookie by default.

mikl · January 8, 2009, 6:36pm

Strange, i've never experienced that - at least not with Firefox. My sessions are never terminated when i close my browser. Is this different in IE?

qiang · January 8, 2009, 6:38pm

Yes, I observed the similar thing with FF. Different on IE though.

mikl · January 8, 2009, 6:45pm

Ah, ok. I just verified my settings. In FF preferences it says, the cookie should be kept until it expires. And the cookie lifetime is specified as "until the end of current session" (translated from german).

So now i wonder, why Firefox "misbehaves". Sessions don't expire, even if they should according to the preferences.

Anyway, thanks for pointing that out. Wasn't aware of that.

bandpay · September 26, 2014, 8:13am

Hi guys,

maybe late on the subject, but I wish to know how to log the user out after the browser is closed and I don’t seem to find any clue on the google. Have you any solution to this?

Thank you so much