Title: Session timeout
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Session timeout

 *  [Henrik Schack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrikschack/)
 * (@henrikschack)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-timeout/)
 * Hi
    Something goes wrong in case of a session timeout, after reauthentication
   you’re left with the authentication overlay containing just a “spinner”
 * Best regards
    Henrik Schack
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-authenticator-per-user-prompt/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-authenticator-per-user-prompt/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ian Dunn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandunn/)
 * (@iandunn)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-timeout/#post-4518652)
 * Hi Henrik, are you talking about the 3 minute timeout for the nonce that GAPUP
   creates, or the 48 hour timeout for Core’s authentication cookies?
 * I’m guessing you talking about the Core cookie. This is what I did to try to 
   reproduce the problem. Can you let me know if your process was different?
 * 1) Enable Google Authenticator and Google Authenticator – Per User Prompt
    2)
   Edit a post (so the Heartbeat feature will check the auth cookie frequently) 
   3) Delete all of WordPress’ cookies
 * That triggered the re-authentication modal, and I was able to login as expected.
   The first screen asked for the username/password, and the second one asked for
   the 2FA token.
 * I did see the spinner at both steps, but it went away after about a second.
 * Can you check if there are any JavaScript errors in your browser’s console?
 *  Thread Starter [Henrik Schack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrikschack/)
 * (@henrikschack)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-timeout/#post-4518653)
 * Hi Ian
    Yes it’s the core cookie timeout. I used [http://wordpress.org/plugins/configure-login-timeout/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/configure-login-timeout/)
   for testing. (I’m performing some 2 screen tests on my code myself) I had the
   spinner running for several minutes on the login modal. Tried login in another
   browser so I guess it wasn’t my server being slow.
 * Best regards
    Henrik

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 * Last reply from: [Henrik Schack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrikschack/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-timeout/#post-4518653)
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