Reviews of Session Alive

By: Arun

List of user reviews and ratings for Session Alive

Total ratings

3.60 (Rating count: 45)

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Review summary

Users praise Session Alive for keeping sessions alive and preventing short timeouts, especially on banking and sign-out-heavy sites, and for helping when sites sign out frequently. However, many reports show unreliable results across several sites, setup/UI difficulties, and rule-management instability (rules dropping, 'no rules running' errors). Occasional mode limitations and suspend-related issues are noted. Overall, a strong concept with high usefulness and positive sentiment, but reliability and usability improvements are needed.

Pros

Keeps sessions alive by automatically refreshing to prevent short timeouts on banking and other sign-out-prone sites
Works well when configured as designed and is generally reliable on supported sites
Helps on sites that frequently sign out (e.g., OKTA, admin UIs), improving browsing flow
Highly positive reception; many users call it a great/very useful addon

Cons

Not reliable across all sites; users report it failing on Chase, Secret Server, oVirt, WealthSimple, and others
Setup and usage can be difficult due to sparse directions and a confusing UI
Rule management can be unstable (rules drop during execution, not detected for loaded pages, 'no rules running' errors) and may require restarts
Some functionality issues in certain modes (foreground/background) or when Windows is suspended

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.30

All time rating average: 3.60

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25% (13)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-20	fr*****	I use 5 or 6 websites that constantly log me out because of a very low timeout configured by our IT team. Well, not anymore, I'm still logged, this is awesome. Thank you Arun !
I use 5 or 6 websites that constantly log me out because of a very low timeout configured by our IT team. Well, not anymore, I'm still logged, this is awesome. Thank you Arun !
2026-04-24	Ha*****

2026-04-15	Fi*****	Thanks for the considerable effort you put into Session Alive. I know how challenging is coding. However, I've now read several responses from you stating that you don't recommend Session Alive use with banking sites. Ok, say so up front. The problem I had - before I installed - is that at the top blurb level, it doesn't read '(Not for banking.)', nor does it state that anywhere in "About this extension". So I've wasted my time, but you don't want that, right? BTW, I suspect this time-out duration issue is more about greed than security, more about the nationwide cost of cloud server seats. Years ago, my credit union default time-out was 10 minutes, but I could option for 40, which was enough for me. Then a national banking services company (was Digital Insight, now Candescent) took over with (originally) free web services forming a near monopoly at CUs. Now 10 has long been the firm limit. Yet my giant credit card bank gives me much longer, 20-30 minutes. Also BTW, upper middle class users get around this corporate hassle (enforced on local CUs) by paying monthly for money management software that they need daily, which quickly logs in, uploads and downloads the state of multiple banking-financial websites, and quickly logs out.
Thanks for the considerable effort you put into Session Alive. I know how challenging is coding. However, I've now read several responses from you stating that you don't recommend Session Alive use with banking sites. Ok, say so up front. The problem I had - before I installed - is that at the top blurb level, it doesn't read '(Not for banking.)', nor does it state that anywhere in "About this extension". So I've wasted my time, but you don't want that, right? BTW, I suspect this time-out duration issue is more about greed than security, more about the nationwide cost of cloud server seats. Years ago, my credit union default time-out was 10 minutes, but I could option for 40, which was enough for me. Then a national banking services company (was Digital Insight, now Candescent) took over with (originally) free web services forming a near monopoly at CUs. Now 10 has long been the firm limit. Yet my giant credit card bank gives me much longer, 20-30 minutes. Also BTW, upper middle class users get around this corporate hassle (enforced on local CUs) by paying monthly for money management software that they need daily, which quickly logs in, uploads and downloads the state of multiple banking-financial websites, and quickly logs out.