[cgiapp] Possible to avoid updating session last_access time ?

[Richard Jones]

Hi all,

I have an ajax function which polls the server every few minutes, 
looking for new messages for the logged in user. Unfortunately it's 
acting as a keep-alive for the session, as it effectively prevents the 
idle timeout duration ever being reached. I can't set the server poll 
frequency to a value higher than the idle timeout or it defeats the purpose.

I'm using CAP::Session & CAP::Authentication. If there is some way to 
avoid updating the CGI::Session _SESSION_ATIME and/or the 
CAP::Authentication AUTH_LAST_ACCESS values (not sure if both are 
effectively keeping the session alive), that would be good - a patch or 
an existing (undocumented) method? Maybe pass a runtime option to bypass 
updating the atime / last_access values?

Otherwise I'll probably have to move the ajax function out of the app 
entirely, which would be a pity as it shares a lot of the app code.
-- 
Richard Jones


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