Last modified: 2014-02-20 00:45:45 UTC
This is similar to bug 26538, but for the user side I presume It is requested that people be able to set an option that would allow them to configure the duration time of their login session. Use case: Multiple Wikipedia users sharing the same computer/browser in a household. We have seen a number of times now that people/siblings/partners accidentally use each others accounts in this situation. The option would forcefully expire the login session after a certain amount of time, independent of the cookie expiration of the browser.
In the description where it says "expire the login session after a certain amount of time" it should state "expire the login session after a certain amount of time inactive" to align with the stated desire as discussed at wp:vmt. Clearly it is not desired that an active session should forcefully expire in the midst of activity on a timed basis alone. An additional feature was requested as prudent which would allow an account forcefully expired for inactivity to restore the entire session upon logging in; to prevent the loss of data incurred by the forced expiration. Please consider these stipulations as if they were included in the original description; they are included in the original request.
