# Session expiration

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-expiration/139099>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 30, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-expiration/139099 "2008-05-30T19:07:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![anka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@anka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anka)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-expiration/139099/1 "2008-05-30T19:07:50Z")

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Which plugin should I use to manage the session expiration?  
Which is the best and newest?

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**Author:** ![anka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@anka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anka)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-expiration/139099/2 "2008-05-30T19:53:51Z")

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On May 30, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Anka Anka wrote:

> Which plugin should I use to manage the session expiration?  
> Which is the best and newest?

Limited Sessions has the most features  
[http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/limited\_sessions](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/limited_sessions)

Sliding sessions has a nicer interface to the basic session expiration  
[http://www.elctech.com/2007/10/29/sliding-session-timeout](http://www.elctech.com/2007/10/29/sliding-session-timeout)

I ended up using the source from both to write a compromise between  
the two.

– gw

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**Author:** ![anka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@anka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anka)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/session-expiration/139099/3 "2008-05-30T20:05:32Z")

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Thanks