I always use https://wildlabs.net/feed.  I don't get logged out every day, but too often nonetheless.

ohhh interesting!

it looks like i usually go to "https://wildlabs.net/"

Thanks for clarifying both! Sounds unlikely to be the www. issue then (unless you follow old links to the site). We will look into this, I am quite curious what exactly triggers an account to be logged out and why different accounts stay logged in for different periods of time.

Just so you know. Whether you get logged out or not is dependent or a few things.

I don’t get logged out a lot. The difference will be a client side difference. It’s what browser and environment you use that will cause the difference. I’m usually using an iPhone with up-to-date OS and safari.

However if you simply save the password on the browser password manager if you get logged out it’s no big deal just a click or two more.

I don’t see any pop ups for passwords (indicating basic authentication is being used) so it will be a cookie only based approach.

When cookies are involved then the server specifies the time to live of the cookie. This can also be forever if they choose. Some websites, like LinkedIn must choose to do this, so it could be an option for wildlabs if they wished. I don’t personally see any problem with that approach for a community site like wildlabs.

But the use of the browser password manager should make it no big deal for people even if they got logged out once a day. Which I’m sure is not the case for the wildlabs site.

Thanks for your insights Kim!

But the use of the browser password manager should make it no big deal for people even if they got logged out once a day. Which I’m sure is not the case for the wildlabs site.'

"Big deal" is very subjective...

I use firefox on linux and have tabs unloaded when not in use for ~30 minutes. After 24-48 hrs if I click on the wildlabs tab I'm logged out. I then have to click on login and have my password manager fill out the form. Then it brings me to my profile page (why? why doesn't it go back to where I was which is where I wanted to be, just logged in?), then I have to click on the feed page, which displays the global feed which is also not of my interest. Finally I get to click on my feed. Is is a "big deal"? I can't claim it is. Does it keep me from checking wildlabs? Definitely!  I participate in a dozen forums/discords and wildlabs is the most annoying to check in for a quick "oh, let's see whether there's something interesting".

It's still a choice to close your tabs. Closing all your tabs tends to get you to have to login again.

However.... Despite the expiry date on the cookie. linkedin.com logs in without ever having to re-enter your password. So I guess there is a way in principle to make it so you don't have to log back in. Such would a way then also work with your auto tab closer.

However, that's not something that I'm going to investigate. If someone wanted to, the clue would be in the cookies and the final answer would be available from the wildlabs site developer. Myself, I would never have guessed that so many people would find this annoying. But everyone is different.