for those using remember me, maybe it is some kind of browser/cookie discrepancy that varies

Yes if you have your browser set to clear cache/cookies each time you leave a site or log off or shut down your browser, changing that setting can help.

i should clarify re OSX/iOS safari - recent/current versions do very weird stuff including forced refreshing of pages (mainly with tabs) and i am indeed noticing random logouts, occasionally. i dont think i have lost content to one of those yet.

but OP was clear that some of the logouts were due to inactivity, and i can still recover the content in those situations 99% of the time.

and none of that is leaving site/closing browser etc, but its possible that cookies are still involved, if browser suddenly does something to them.

Tech confirms nobody who uses "remember me" should be getting logged out and it appears to be browser-related.

"Should" however is not the same is "is".

My browsers, on both the iPad and the desktop Mac, are able to stay logged into some sites for months at a time. However, FT consistently logs me out when I close the browser window and I do not have my settings any different for it than for any other site I visit and log into.

you were not talking about closing browser window when you were talking about losing content?


this is something that impacts me, because i never use "remember me"

how many minutes of inactivity triggers logout for those not using "remember me" ?

You should use it. That's how FT keeps you logged on. There's no way around that one.

there may be a reason some users prefer not to use this feature but to ask the question again-how many minutes of inactivity triggers the auto-logout?

Yep, that's what I've seen.

If that question was addressed to me, no, I didn't close the browser window at any point in composing the long message that was eaten. After I look at FT, I close the browser window, and when I come back later, I am always logged out - separate issue entirely.

About 15 minutes.

If you have a cookie issue or are reporting this weird login/staying logged in issue, try going to the following URL first, afterwards making sure you have 'remember me' checked. This will clean out any junk that may be cached, just in case.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/reset.php

If it doesn't work... well, that's all we can do. If it does, great!

i never use remember me for anything.

thanks!

I use remember me & I've encountered the same problem of the OP. Write a long post, click submit & get the message that I'm not logged in (even though I am). Log in (again) & lose the entire long post. :mad: The work-around of course is to copy what is being written into an email or word doc 'just in case', but doesn't actually address the problem.

Cheers.

thanks! very odd that different people experience different behavior with remember me.

what OS/broswer SkiAdcock?i think im going to start not using tabs at all, but opening new window each time, as that will avoid the tab problems that apple has created in newer OS

if OP was using tabs, they might consider this as well