java - Application property "server.servlet.session.timeout" is not working in Spring Boot project

Question

According to the documentation of Spring Boot, session timeout can be configured by setting

server.servlet.session.timeout= 300s

in application.properties file. In this post and in Spring Boot documentation it is also said so. But unfortunately this is not working for me.

Is there any other configuration to get expected result?

Answer 1

A possible cause for this problem might be using @EnableRedisHttpSession. As explained in this answer:

By using @EnableRedisHttpSession you are telling Spring Boot that you want to take complete control over the configuration of Redis-based HTTP sessions. As a result, its auto-configuration backs off and server.servlet.session.timeout has no effect. If you want to use server.servlet.session.timeout then you should remove @EnableRedisHttpSession. Alternatively, if you want to use @EnableRedisHttpSession then you should use the maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds attribute to configure the session timeout.

Hope this helps someone.