Django development server keeps logging out
Question: I set my SESSION_COOKIE_AGE settings to 360 in my settings.py,, but the it
keeps logging me out while I am developing my server :((

Why is this happening and how do I prevent this..?

Thanks!

Here is my settings.py:

**settings.py**

    
    
    # Django settings for quora project.
    import os.path
    
    DEBUG = True
    TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
    
    ADMINS = (
        ('myname', 'myemail'),
    )
    
    MANAGERS = ADMINS
    
    DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
            'NAME': 'mydb',                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
            # The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
            'USER': '',
            'PASSWORD': '',
            'HOST': 'localhost',                      # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
            'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default.
        }
    }
    
    # Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
    # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
    ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
    
    # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
    # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
    # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
    # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
    TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'
    
    # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
    # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
    LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
    
    SITE_ID = 1
    
    # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
    # to load the internationalization machinery.
    USE_I18N = True
    
    # If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
    # calendars according to the current locale.
    USE_L10N = True
    
    # If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
    USE_TZ = True
    
    PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    
    # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
    # Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"
    MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'media')
    
    # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
    # trailing slash.
    # Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
    MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
    
    # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
    # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
    # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
    # Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
    STATIC_ROOT = ''
    
    # URL prefix for static files.
    # Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"
    STATIC_URL = '/static/'
    
    # Additional locations of static files
    STATICFILES_DIRS = (
        os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
        # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
        # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
        # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
    )
    
    # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
    # various locations.
    STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
    #    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
    )
    
    # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
    SECRET_KEY = '..........'
    
    # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
    TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
        'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
        'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
    #     'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
    )
    
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
        # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
        # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    )
    
    ROOT_URLCONF = 'blog.urls'
    
    # Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
    WSGI_APPLICATION = 'blog.wsgi.application'
    
    TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
        # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
        # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
        # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
    )
    
    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.sites',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
        'django.contrib.humanize',
    
        # Additional
        'django.contrib.admin',
        'rest_framework',
    
        # Applications
        'core',
        'app_blog',
        'app_registration',
    )
    
    # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
    # performed by this configuration is to send an email to
    # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
    # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
    # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
    LOGGING = {
        'version': 1,
        'disable_existing_loggers': False,
        'filters': {
            'require_debug_false': {
                '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
            }
        },
        'handlers': {
            'mail_admins': {
                'level': 'ERROR',
                'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
                'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
            }
        },
        'loggers': {
            'django.request': {
                'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
                'level': 'ERROR',
                'propagate': True,
            },
        }
    }
    
    LOGIN_URL = '/accounts/login/'
    LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
    
    #Cookie
    SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 360
    
    #Custom user model
    AUTH_USER_MODEL = "app_registration.MyUser"
    AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'app_registration.MyUserProfile'
    
    
    # Registration
    REGISTRATION_OPEN = True
    ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 7
    


Answer: I believe that only cookies age only is not enough and 360 only mean available
for 360 second:

    
    
    #Cookie name. this can be whatever you want
    SESSION_COOKIE_NAME='sessionid'  # use the sessionid in your views code
    #the module to store sessions data
    SESSION_ENGINE='django.contrib.sessions.backends.db'    
    #age of cookie in seconds (default: 2 weeks)
    SESSION_COOKIE_AGE= 24*60*60*7 # the number of seconds for only 7 for example
    #whether a user's session cookie expires when the web browser is closed
    SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE=False
    #whether the session cookie should be secure (https:// only)
    SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=False
    

