Session Has Expired error on the Internet.
Question
Session Has Expired error on the Internet.
Answer
When browsing a website that is database driven, requires a login, or is a secure web page you may experience a "Session Expired" or "Session Has Expired" error message because of any of the below reasons.
- Inactivity - If you have not been doing anything on the page for a set length of time (often 10-30min) the server will time out your session. This is often done for security reasons and to help increase the overall speed of the web page. In other words if you were browsing the page and get up and leave, go to lunch, or start browsing other pages when you come back you will need to re-login and create a new session.
- Date / Time not correct - Verify that your computer has the correct time and date. Make sure the date and time are properly set on your computer.
- Cookies - If you're browsing anonymously or your browser does not have cookies enabled it will cause many sessions to fail. Make sure your Internet cookies are enabled.
- Firewall or proxy - If you're connecting to the Internet behind a firewall or through a proxy it is possible that the firewall or proxy is restricting or prohibiting the session from being established.
- Other site related issue - If this issue is only occurring on a certain site and you're not encountering any of the above-related issues it's possible that it could be the site encountering an issue. Contact the company or Webmaster to verify the problem is not on their end.
Can I increase the length of time a session expires?
A web page session time is specified on the server side, therefore this is not a setting you can adjust or change on your computer or in your web browser.