Question

I just discovered that when I configure the session plugin of a Catalyst app (Catalyst::Plugin::Session) to expire, it screws with the flash data. More specifically, I’m finding that flash data no longer carries over with a new request.

Does this sound normal? How might I cope with this?

Answer 1

When configuring the session for example with a database backend you’ll have to add flash_to_stash as an option:

<session>
  dbi_dbh            DB
  dbi_table          sessions
  dbi_id_field       id
  dbi_data_field     session_data
  dbi_expires_field  expires
  flash_to_stash     1
  expires            3600
</session>