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🔦 June's Spotlight Feature: Configurable Session Timeouts
What We've Heard You Say
We heard customers say they want more flexibility around session management in Qlik Cloud and admins wanted a way to configure authentication session timeout settings.
What Qlik Did About It
We heard you and delivered. Admins now have the controls to configure it under Settings -> Tenant -> Session timeouts.
To give you more clarity and understanding of session handling in Qlik Cloud, it's helpful to know that different types of sessions exist across the platform:
Authentication Session Settings:
These settings determine when users need to sign in again through their identity provider (IdP):
Inactivity Timeout
How long Qlik Cloud waits before requiring re-authentication after inactivity
Default is 30 minutes, adjustable from 15 minutes up to 24 hours.
Maximum Session Duration
The maximum lifetime of an authenticated session before re-authentication is required, regardless of activity.
Default is 24 hours, adjustable up to 7 days.
Qlik Sense Engine Session:
This is separate from authentication and relates to engine memory management, not user sign-in.
Engine Inactivity Timeout
How long a Qlik Sense app remains loaded in memory during inactivity.
Default is 30 minutes, currently not configurable.
If you'd like to explore the feature in more detail, find details inQlik Help.
What's In It for You
Admins, this one's for you. This enhancement gives organizations more flexibility to balance user experience and security requirements based on their own policies and workflows.
Changes apply to new sessions only, so existing users do not get interrupted mid-work.
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