# SessionExpiration plugin experience?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sessionexpiration-plugin-experience/119843>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 11, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sessionexpiration-plugin-experience/119843 "2007-11-11T06:08:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sessionexpiration-plugin-experience/119843/1 "2007-11-11T06:08:18Z")

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Anybody got any experience with the SessionExpiration plugin? I’m  
wondering how it works. Specifically, does it tie up a mongrel for the  
timeout period? Also, it the timeout dynamic? That is, does it reset  
after some activity, maybe based on session updated\_at or something?

Thanks,  
Bill

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**Author:** ![wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wpwood](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wpwood)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sessionexpiration-plugin-experience/119843/2 "2007-11-11T23:24:11Z")

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yeah i would be interested in this also …  
do u have some information already?