Session Alive: Keep Your Web Session Active Without Interruption
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Almost all websites with authentication has a session timeout. If you are inactive in the website for some time then your session may be expired. You need to login again to perform any action in the website.
This extension will keep your session from expiring by reloading your website in the background. This will keep your session alive without manually reloading website even you are inactive in the website for long period of time. Background page request This option keep the session alive by requesting page in the background using AJAX requests, and page reload is not required and unsaved changes are not lost. Set the Background trigger URL as your website dashboard/ welcome URL, set the Interval and save. Navigate to the Trigger URL in a New Tab and Your session is now alive!
Automatic stopping of Background page request The rule is automatically stopped by analyzing the server response.
Foreground page reload The Background page reload will not be enough to keep the session alive, if websites implements JavaScript idle timer in the browser itself. The Foreground page reload option can overcome this limitation. This option keep the session alive by auto-reloading current page in the browser.
Automatic stopping of Foreground page reload
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- Works great for keeping users logged into various websites, especially those that log users out frequently.
- Offers lots of settings that can be adjusted to match how each website works.
- User-friendly for maintaining multiple logins across different portals.
- Does not work for certain websites, including online banking.
- Some users find it not easy to use or configure.
- Issues with error messages and lack of clear support.
- Works great
- Doesn't work
- Not easy to use
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Session Alive requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
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Session Alive has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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