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Authentication timeout warning and auto log-off not working
SA-16144
Summary
Your application is designed to log off users after an idle period of time. The authentication timeout setting in the Access Group does not work. After a timeout period, users see the pop-up window for entering their credentials (username and password), but it does not work.
Error Messages
Not Applicable
Steps to Reproduce
Configure authentication timeout in the Access Group form, the Advanced tab.
Root Cause
A defect in Pegasystems’ code with the Session Timer and the Log-off Timer that was corrected in Pega 7.1.8.
Resolution
Upgrade to Pega 7.1.8.
See the Pega 7.1.8 Release Notes for the Resolved Issue:
Session Time and Log-off Corrected
https://pdn.pega.com/node/294051
As an alternative to upgrading to Pega 7.1.8, perform the local-change that is provided in SA-10027, pxSessionTimer logoff timer does not display as expected.
Published January 31, 2016 - Updated October 8, 2020
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