http session timing out after a few minutes

[tbauer]

I have recently been having intermittent problem where my http session will time out causing my user(s) to be logged out...

In my application web.xml and in /server/default/deploy/jbossweb.sar/webdefault.xml file I have set <session-timeout>60</session-timeout>.

I notice on the Jetty site: http://jetty.mortbay.org/jetty/versions.txt
that there have been numerous new fixes pertaining to the jsession and associated methods and I was wondering if someone from JBoss.org (or other) could tell me if/when the newest stable release of jboss willl contain these jetty changes...or if this is the problem at all..

My server info:

JBoss Bootstrap Environment

JBOSS_HOME: /Applications/jboss-3.0.4

JAVA: /Library/Java/Home/bin/java

JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.sh -Xms128m -Xmx256m

CLASSPATH: /Applications/jboss-3.0.4/bin/run.jar:/Library/Java/Home/../Classes/classes.jar

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10:34:00,987 INFO [Server] JBoss Release: JBoss-3.0.4 CVSTag=JBoss_3_0_4
10:34:01,004 INFO [Server] Home Dir: /Applications/jboss-3.0.4
10:34:01,006 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/Applications/jboss-3.0.4/
10:34:01,011 INFO [Server] Library URL: file:/Applications/jboss-3.0.4/lib/
10:34:01,013 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
10:34:01,015 INFO [Server] Server Name: default
10:34:01,016 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: /Applications/jboss-3.0.4/server/default
10:34:01,018 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/Applications/jboss-3.0.4/server/default/
10:34:01,019 INFO [Server] Server Data Dir: /Applications/jboss-3.0.4/server/default/db
10:34:01,020 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: /Applications/jboss-3.0.4/server/default/tmp
10:34:01,021 INFO [Server] Server Config URL: file:/Applications/jboss-3.0.4/server/default/conf/
10:34:01,022 INFO [Server] Server Library URL: file:/Applications/jboss-3.0.4/server/default/lib/
10:34:01,023 INFO [Server] Root Deployemnt Filename: jboss-service.xml
10:34:01,029 INFO [Server] Starting General Purpose Architecture (GPA)...
10:34:01,298 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.3.1,Apple Computer, Inc.
10:34:01,299 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.3.1_03-69,"Apple Computer, Inc."
10:34:01,300 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Mac OS X 10.2.4,ppc


Here's some logging I put in from my jboss console:

11:35:11,879 INFO [AbstractController] Session: jv52eglbttfs, UserName: pvstaffer, From: 127.0.0.1, Created: 02/20/2003 11:15:00, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:35:11, MaxInterval: 3600
11:35:15,724 INFO [AbstractController] Session: jv52eglbttfs, UserName: pvstaffer, From: 127.0.0.1, Created: 02/20/2003 11:15:00, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:35:15, MaxInterval: 3600
11:35:55,712 INFO [AbstractController] Session: b6mbd6hs105q2, UserName: tbauer, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:13:27, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:35:55, MaxInterval: 3600
11:35:57,493 INFO [AbstractController] Session: jv52eglbttfs, UserName: pvstaffer, From: 127.0.0.1, Created: 02/20/2003 11:15:00, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:35:57, MaxInterval: 3600
11:36:00,772 INFO [AbstractController] Session: b6mbd6hs105q2, UserName: tbauer, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:13:27, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:36:00, MaxInterval: 3600
11:36:04,578 INFO [AbstractController] Session: 3ljbig5on6nq6, UserName: pvadmin, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:13:52, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:36:04, MaxInterval: 3600
11:37:16,268 INFO [AbstractController] Session: jv52eglbttfs, UserName: pvstaffer, From: 127.0.0.1, Created: 02/20/2003 11:15:00, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:37:16, MaxInterval: 3600
11:37:56,226 INFO [AbstractController] Session: b6mbd6hs105q2, UserName: tbauer, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:13:27, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:37:56, MaxInterval: 3600
11:37:58,835 INFO [AbstractController] Session: jv52eglbttfs, UserName: pvstaffer, From: 127.0.0.1, Created: 02/20/2003 11:15:00, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:37:58, MaxInterval: 3600
11:38:01,137 INFO [AbstractController] Session: b6mbd6hs105q2, UserName: tbauer, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:13:27, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:38:01, MaxInterval: 3600
11:38:05,096 INFO [AbstractController] Session: 3ljbig5on6nq6, UserName: pvadmin, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:13:52, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:38:05, MaxInterval: 3600
11:39:16,942 INFO [AbstractController] Session: jv52eglbttfs, UserName: pvstaffer, From: 127.0.0.1, Created: 02/20/2003 11:15:00, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:39:16, MaxInterval: 3600
11:39:57,519 INFO [AbstractController] Session: 5oors0lms62ui, UserName: New Guest, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:39:57, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:39:57, MaxInterval: 3600
11:39:59,943 INFO [AbstractController] Session: jv52eglbttfs, UserName: pvstaffer, From: 127.0.0.1, Created: 02/20/2003 11:15:00, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:39:59, MaxInterval: 3600
11:40:01,456 INFO [AbstractController] Session: 5oors0lms62ui, UserName: null, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:39:57, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:40:01, MaxInterval: 3600
11:40:05,671 INFO [AbstractController] Session: 3ljbig5on6nq6, UserName: pvadmin, From: 63.193.224.220, Created: 02/20/2003 11:13:52, Accessed: 02/20/2003 11:40:05, MaxInterval: 3600


You'll notice that the user (tbauer) times out after about 20 minutes even tho I am refreshing the page ever 2 minutes...

Can anyone help?? btw, I OFTEN have timeout problems on this forum even tho I am logged in?!? strange!!

[tbauer]

You'll see in the above log that session b6mbd6hs105q2 (tbauer) gets mysteriously logged out (session is somehow invalidated) and a new session is created 5oors0lms62ui (for New Guest).

[tbauer]

Well, after LOTS of investigation, I've concluded that there is no problem with JBoss/Jetty, but there is a bug in MS Internet Exploder(IE) version 5.2.2 for Mac OS X 10.2.4.

IE is LOOSING the JESSIONID cookie, and thus the session manager things the person is NOT logged in. I implemented a listener class that let's me see the active session in the container...when IE looses the cookie, the session is NOT lost, it still is active in the session Manager....

I also tested the session cookie with NS 7.0, and Safari on Mac OS X, and IE 6 on PC...and all worked fine...

F---ing MS IE.