Why do I keep getting logged-off?

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

In the past few days I've been logged off this site about 5 times. Why?

Usually, my logon lasts for weeks, but this morning I not only had to logon again, but a couple of hours later I wanted to post something. After composing the post I was told I had to login again. I logged in and found my post had been deleted and had to re-compose it. Grrh.

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I think if you access the site from more than one device it only lets one work at a time. If you used a phone or tablet that might be trying to connect you in the background.
If you need to re-login half way through try using right click and open in another tab for the login action. It does let you run multiple sessions on the same computer.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Additional to Bazyle's reply: You are also at the mercy of 'contention'

[ 'though I have no idea what algorithm makes the decision to switch active users ]

MichaelG.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Gary,

Only 5 times in the last few days? You are a lucky fellow. Probably ten times each day is more like I get!

[EmgeeParticipant @emgee]

Posted by Gary Wooding on 24/07/2019 12:04:03:

In the past few days I've been logged off this site about 5 times. Why?

Usually, my logon lasts for weeks, but this morning I not only had to logon again, but a couple of hours later I wanted to post something. After composing the post I was told I had to login again. I logged in and found my post had been deleted and had to re-compose it. Grrh.

Gary, perhaps your internet settings are clearing the cache and other links and history after each web visit, that may be worth checking.

Emgee

[VicParticipant @vic]

Posted by not done it yet on 24/07/2019 13:31:16:

Gary,

Only 5 times in the last few days? You are a lucky fellow. Probably ten times each day is more like I get!

Yes, same here!

It only ever happens on this site as well.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

i can only assume I'm doing something wrong as I am logged on 24/7 and only drop out once every blue moon.

Martin P

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

I'm using only one device and this started to happen only a week or so ago.I'll treat it as an annoyance.then.

[BazParticipant @baz89810]

I am having the same problem, I only access forums from an iPad, tick the remember me box when I log in and this site logs me out about six times a day, another forum I follow I think I have been logged in since Christmas.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Just to add to the reasons for getting unceremoniously logged out – since I've never seen it mentioned:

I have a bar of bookmarks on my toobar in FF, one of which is an ME folder which opens to five links to various ME site pages. Sometimes, instead of left clicking on the folder, I unthinkingly centre-click … which of course opens all five links in separate tabs.

This will unfailingly get me logged off !

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I think an earlier thread came up with at least five ways our system can decide to log you out.

In short, it's a bit of a lottery but there are a few things to avoid like multiple computers, deleting cookies or ISPs who frequently change your computer's IP address at random.

Neil

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Posted by Bandersnatch on 25/07/2019 00:57:46:

Just to add to the reasons for getting unceremoniously logged out – since I've never seen it mentioned:

I have a bar of bookmarks on my toobar in FF, one of which is an ME folder which opens to five links to various ME site pages. Sometimes, instead of left clicking on the folder, I unthinkingly centre-click … which of course opens all five links in separate tabs.

This will unfailingly get me logged off !

Must be a FF thing as I usually have a couple or more ME tabs open at the same time. Often udd photos to an album in one while posting on another and don't get logged off.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Not a firefox issue.

Neil

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by JasonB on 25/07/2019 15:46:21:

Must be a FF thing as I usually have a couple or more ME tabs open at the same time. Often udd photos to an album in one while posting on another and don't get logged off.

Well a couple or more isn't five of course but to check, I went through the list and opened them one by one …. and didn't get logged off. Similarly, when I browse the "Latest Posts" lists I typically middle-click on the ones of interest to open them in separate tabs and then go through and read them. I often have 5 to 10 tabs open without a problem.

I can only assume that, when I do what I referred to in my previous post, the rapid repeat-rate of the consecutive requests is a problem (I have a fast internet connection).

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

Logins are stored on your computer with cookies, if the cookie gets deleted somehow then your log in is lost.

Using Firefox myself i have all my logins stored in 'manage permissions' this keeps just those cookies and all other ones get deleted every time I close Firefox.

The amount of cookies from just one hour browsing can be considerable and many of these will be following your browsing habits and generally tracking you.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

The security advice from many sources is to log out from websites when leaving them, advice I try to make a habit of following.

Edited By V8Eng on 25/07/2019 22:40:13

[David GWParticipant @davidgw13951]

I have to log in pretty much every time I open my iPhone despite always leaving the page open in safari, and the remember me box just doesn’t. It’s annoying because other forums will stay logged in indefinitely on the same phone.

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

I have noticed that the little box with "stay logged in" or something like that, occurs at random. I try to stay logged in by minimising the active page and opening a new page, it works most of the time. When I have finished with the computer, it gets fully closed down and the power switched off, so I am used to logging on to all forums and the like.

[brickyParticipant @bricky]

Not being knowledgable on computers, I thought having to keep logging in was acceptable procedure,and I use firefox.

Frank

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

David are you using any other means to access the forum between using your phone as that will log you off as will where the phone pics up it's internet connection.

[David GWParticipant @davidgw13951]

Posted by JasonB on 10/01/2020 18:24:15:

David are you using any other means to access the forum between using your phone as that will log you off as will where the phone pics up it's internet connection.

No I’ve never logged in on anything else (yet), I just popped out to the garage for 10mins and had to log back in to post this.

[VicParticipant @vic]

Posted by old mart on 10/01/2020 18:00:26:

I have noticed that the little box with "stay logged in" or something like that, occurs at random. I try to stay logged in by minimising the active page and opening a new page, it works most of the time. When I have finished with the computer, it gets fully closed down and the power switched off, so I am used to logging on to all forums and the like.

Yes, I’ve noticed that little box is not there about 10% of the time.

Is it true that Alan Turing wrote the software for this site? Sorry, I’ll get my coat …

[MeunierParticipant @meunier]

Living in very rural France, every time there is a power failure or reset/maintenance activity on the network I will have to log-in again to all forums. This is because when re-connecting after a reset my PC will have gained a new IP address from the router/network,the forum only knew me from my previous IP address so insists I log-in again.
The little 'remember me' box is never present on my first attempt to log-in so I press 'log-in' a second time and then it always shows itself. When logged-in, the first log-in page shows but scrolling down to 'more latest posts' on the RHS puts me into the posts page.

I had heard the rumour that Alan Turing was asked to update the forum software but was unable to assist, apparently being tied up with coding or some-such.

DaveD

[David GWParticipant @davidgw13951]

Is there anything that can be done about the Safari issue do you thin only I really like this forum.

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