Wiki session timeouts and URLs: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:25, 16 September 2026

This page contains notes about the tutorials and documentation I plan to create to help new MediaWiki users minimize the impact of session timeouts.

If just noticed an Edit page that has probably been open for less than 4 hours (session has timed out)
- Scroll to the top, right click on the logo in the upper right, choose open in new tab, login, go back to first tab, click Save
If you noticed an Edit page > 8 hours (session has ???? -> ask ChatGPT for the terminology)
- Scroll to top, right click on the Read link and choose New Window. Open the two windows side-by-side and review the page line by line. If you see disrepancies, click Edit in the new window that just opened. Most likely there
When you return to a page in Read mode that you have not looked at in a few hours, best to click the Read link as soon as you start reading the page.
- The page content will remain as it refreshes, so it will not increase friction (slow down your working)
- This will tell you if your session has timed out
- If you had edited this content in another browser tab, the content will be refreshed

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 * If you noticed an Edit page > 8 hours (session has ???? -> ask ChatGPT for the terminology)
 ** Scroll to top, right click on the Read link and choose New Window.  Open the two windows side-by-side and review the page line by line.  If you see disrepancies, click Edit in the new window that just opened.  Most likely there
+* When you return to a page in Read mode that you have not looked at in a few hours, best to click the Read link as soon as you start reading the page.
+** The page content will remain as it refreshes, so it will not increase friction (slow down your working)
+** This will tell you if your session has timed out
+** If you had edited this content in another browser tab, the content will be refreshed