Session Variables Are Dropping Within 2 Minutes

[JohnM21789]

Hello all,

I am currently working on an ASP.NET v4.0 project using VB Script for the server-side code. I have a number of session variables that I am using across multiple pages. My problem is that although I have set the session timeout to be 20 minutes or longer (programmatically, in Web.Config, and IIS), the Session variables are being dumped after exactly 2 minutes.

Web.config contents:

<authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms loginUrl="~/Login.aspx" timeout="900"/>
</authentication>

Session_Start routine:

Sub Session_Start(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        ' Fires when the session is started
        Session.Timeout = 1200 ' Setting to a very high number to ensure that whatever timeout value is set in IIS *should* stick
        Session("VariableNames") = VariableValues ' ... multiple values here
End Sub

After exactly 2 minutes (120 seconds) from the last refresh, all the values retrieved using Session("<insert variable name here>") are blank. Here are a few screen caps to show the IIS settings.



Additionally because of this problem, I have created a generic dummy handle page called KeepSessionAlive.ashx and the following javascript is called using setInterval(KeepSessionAlive, 10000); (every 10 seconds) and I have confirmed that it is working, but the Session variables are still being dumped.

 function KeepSessionAlive() {
    //alert('testing');
    $.post("KeepSessionAlive.ashx", null, function () {
        $("#result").append("<p>Session is alive</p>");
    });
}

Am I missing something? Why is it dropping my Session values? Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
John Bergman

[Bill Crawley]

set the 2 hr timeout value to 00:00:00

[gep13]

set the 2 hr timeout value to 00:00:00

Personally, creating a never ending session is not something that I would recommend.

Gary