From c519a6f8747ae3ed35a18122d61c8498846c0a91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Larry Gregory Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:01:56 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fix documentation for session lifespan default (#198065) This pull request includes an update to the `docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc` file to clarify the default session lifespan settings for different installation environments. Documentation update: * [`docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc`](diffhunk://#diff-97a4c4e3696b33b246f55ddd794608530b693f0a7a66ae1361a32b67c7461523L204-R204): Clarified that the default session lifespan is 30 days for on-prem installations and 24 hours for Elastic Cloud installations. (cherry picked from commit 7ab51231e38a6d074d08cd92606988c591c24017) # Conflicts: # docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc --- docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc b/docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc index 36aa340e3768e..f0f01ee6caf3f 100644 --- a/docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc +++ b/docs/settings/security-settings.asciidoc @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Use a string of `[ms\|s\|m\|h\|d\|w\|M\|Y]` (e.g. '20m', '24h', '7d', '1w |[[xpack-session-lifespan]] `xpack.security.session.lifespan` {ess-icon} | Ensures that user sessions will expire after the defined time period. This behavior is also known as an "absolute timeout". If this is _not_ set or set to `0`, user sessions could stay active indefinitely. This and <> are both highly -recommended. You can also specify this setting for <>. By default, this setting is not set. +recommended. You can also specify this setting for <>. By default, this setting is not set for on-prem, and is set to 24 hours on Elastic Cloud. 2+a| [TIP]