session_expires doesn't work when set in controller

[Dan]

Hi, I'm having trouble setting session_expires in the login
controller, via a "remember me" option in the login form.

I first tried this:

if remember_me:
session.cookie_expires = timedelta(days=90)
else:
session.cookie_expires = True
session.save()

However, when testing by logging in and then closing the browser, the
session expired, so the above code didn't work.

I then tried:

if remember_me:
session['cookie_expires'] = timedelta(days=90)
else:
session['cookie_expires'] = True
session.save()

then, in my _before__ method in my base controller:

session.cookie_expires = session.get('cookie_expires', True)

Unfortunately this didn't work either. Has anyone else tried to
implement this ?

[Jonathan Vanasco]

FWIW, i don't use the beaker session to handle auto-login stuff.

My apps have 3 cookies:

beaker session
session[] data

user_id
this way other apps on the server can access login state

user_autologin_string
browser-based autologin, which can then refresh session

[Dan]

So you use response.set_cookie("foo", expires=some_date) ?

[Jonathan Vanasco]

yeah.

here's the relevant file:

http://pylonshq.com/pasties/260136f1ce0e3552067388701ed45e3c

[Dan]

I just set the cookie in response.set_cookie, that worked fine
thanks.

Just wondering why setting expiry on beaker sessions doesn't work.

[alex_zh]

Try to update Beaker