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Session timeout when WebSockets are enabled

Added by Claudio Crociati almost 4 years ago

Hi, I'm testing the framework (3.6.0) and found a problem: using WtServlet.getConfiguration().setWebSocketsEnabled(true) the Tomcat session expires after session-timeout minutes (configured in web.xml session-config).

To reproduce the problem:

  • uncomment getConfiguration().setWebSocketsEnabled(true) in eu.webtoolkit.jwt.examples.hello.HelloMain
  • add 5 in web.xml (non required, but the default timeout is 30 minutes, so you have to wait only 5 minutes before session timeout)
  • start Tomcat
  • open your browser and go to http://localhost:8080/jwt-hello: the application starts and works properly
  • wait 5 minutes - I checked with Chrome developer tools and every 50 seconds a ping message is sent on the web socket

In Tomcat log shows up: INFO eu.webtoolkit.jwt.WtServlet - Session exiting: B3796147971B76E8C8FC6D68D8D181B0 (#sessions = 0)

then every 50 seconds: http-nio-8080-exec-7] INFO eu.webtoolkit.jwt.WebSocketSupport - WebSocket message discarded: could not retrieve web session

if I try to use the application the loading indicator appers in the top right corner but nothing happens.

Am I missing something or is it a bug?

Thanks

Claudio


Replies (1)

RE: Session timeout when WebSockets are enabled - Added by Roel Standaert almost 4 years ago

I think we're still missing a keep-alive mechanism for JWt when WebSockets are being used. We can't use WebSocket traffic to keep a session alive, but we'll still need to send HTTP messages from time to time just for that.

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