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Asked: 2026-05-28T17:12:59+00:00

I’m doing it like this: app.use(express.session({ cookie:{domain:.+settings.c.SITE_DOMAIN}, secret:’abc’, store: redis_store, })); When I log

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I’m doing it like this:

app.use(express.session({
                cookie:{domain:"."+settings.c.SITE_DOMAIN}, 
                secret:'abc',
                store: redis_store,
                }));

When I log into my redis and type TTL sess:..., it seems that there is an expiration on this session.

How can I make the sessions never expire? (for everything). I also want the cookies to never expire.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As mentioned in the Connect guide on the session middleware page (Express uses Connect internally), you can specify a maxAge option on sessions:

    • cookie Session cookie settings, defaulting to { path: ‘/’, httpOnly: true, maxAge: 14400000 }

    Example:

    connect(
      connect.cookieParser()
    , connect.session({ secret: 'keyboard cat', cookie: { maxAge: 60000 }})
    , connect.favicon()
    , function(req, res, next){
      var sess = req.session;
      if (sess.views) {
        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
        res.write('<p>views: ' + sess.views + '</p>');
        res.write('<p>expires in: ' + (sess.cookie.maxAge / 1000) + 's</p>');
        res.end();
        sess.views++;
      } else {
        sess.views = 1;
        res.end('welcome to the session demo. refresh!');
      }
    }
  ).listen(3000);

    Note: maxAge is in milliseconds, so for example a day = 86400000

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