session state timeout vs idle timeout

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Is the session state timeout setting in the web.config the same as IIS 7 idle timeout setting? If not, which one takes priority? I would like to increase users sessions to a couple of hours.

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asp.netsessioniis-7web-config

2 Answers

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Make sure your AppPool's idle timeout is GREATER than your session timeout.

Once your AppPool times out, all session data is lost.

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Idle timeout is for the application pool as a whole. It kicks in if all the applications linked to the pool have had no activity within the set time.

Session state is per session. This is specifically for a single user session. You can have many sessions occurring at any single time.