idle_session_timeout doc
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/runtime-config-client.html
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Is there a way to alter users idle_session_timeout setting? My
understanding is that it's a global setting. The last sentence indicates
you can apply an idle session timeout to particular users:
idle_session_timeout (integer)
Terminate any session that has been idle (that is, waiting for a client
query), but not within an open transaction, for longer than the specified
amount of time. If this value is specified without units, it is taken as
milliseconds. A value of zero (the default) disables the timeout.
Unlike the case with an open transaction, an idle session without a
transaction imposes no large costs on the server, so there is less need to
enable this timeout than idle_in_transaction_session_timeout.
Be wary of enforcing this timeout on connections made through
connection-pooling software or other middleware, as such a layer may not
react well to unexpected connection closure. It may be helpful to enable
this timeout only for interactive sessions, perhaps by applying it only to
particular users.
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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/runtime-config-client.html
Description:Is there a way to alter users idle_session_timeout setting? My
understanding is that it's a global setting. The last sentence indicates
you can apply an idle session timeout to particular users:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config.html
Note in particular the ways of doing this via SQL.
Settings are best considered session-local with the initial value for a
setting in a session determined as described in the docs.
David J.
I have yet to find any instances where idle_session_timeout can be set at the session level or applied to a single user.
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 2:18 PM PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org<mailto:noreply@postgresql.org>> wrote:
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Is there a way to alter users idle_session_timeout setting? My
understanding is that it's a global setting. The last sentence indicates
you can apply an idle session timeout to particular users:
Note in particular the ways of doing this via SQL.
Settings are best considered session-local with the initial value for a setting in a session determined as described in the docs.
David J.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 3:27 PM Capobianco, Tony <Tony.Capobianco@bcbsma.com>
wrote:
I have yet to find any instances where idle_session_timeout can be set at
the session level or applied to a single user.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-alterrole.html
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-set.html
idle_session_timeout is one of many "configuration_parameter"
David J.