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glide.ui.active.session.life_span

The glide.ui.active.session.life_span property sets a maximum duration for active authenticated HTTP sessions. Admins should configure this value to ensure sessions do not exceed a specified time limit, enhancing security while balancing user experience.

Default: 0 Type: integer Application: Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property enforces a maximum lifespan for active sessions, overriding the inactive timeout setting, with a value of zero disabling session timeouts.
What area does it affect? Session Management
What does the default mean? The default value is "0", which sets the baseline numeric behavior for this property.
When should you review it? Review this property when adjusting session security settings or after changes to user authentication policies.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.ui.active.session.life_span
Sys ID ccff860b4361211015820c65c9b8f24c
Type integer
Application Global
Default value 0
Description This configuration will enforce max life-span on active authenticated http sessions irrespective of inactive timeout. The configured value is in minutes and the value of zero will disable timing out the active sessions. The max life-span should be more than inactive timeout glide.ui.session_timeout (default 30 minutes).
Updated 2024-05-25 04:37:05

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... much time, in minutes, users have to extend a session before it times out due to inactivity. • Type: integer • Default value: 2 • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table glide.ui.active.session.life_span Sets the maximum session time for sessions regardless of activity, in minutes. • Type: integer • Default value: 0 • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table glide.ui.session_timeout Sets the inactive session ...
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... time where a timed-out session isn't invalidated proactively before the Tomcat container invalidates the session. The duration of this time interval is dependent on additional properties representing differing use cases. glide.ui.active.session.life_span: The value of this property defines the time, in minutes, before a UI session is invalidated. glide.guest.active.session.life_span: © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, Now, and ...
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