session timeout problem

[hch_nguyen]

Hi,

I have an asp.net app. The session state is set to expire in 20 minutes in
web.config, but my sessions seem to timeout randomly even though I interact
with the application regularly, which is supposed to reset the expiration
time I believe. Is there a specific way that you have to start a session or
interact with it in order to keep your session current?

Thanks,
Christine

 

[Alvin Bruney [MVP]]

trouble shooting session problems is best done AFTER a thorough
understanding of how session behaves. I suggest this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555082

Once you understand how it behaves, you may want to start by setting break
points in the session event if you can reproduce the problem. Once the
breakpoint fires, you can examine the callstack to find out which entity
fired the event and work your way up from there.