Rails 7.1: implementing custom middleware causing unexpected session timeouts
I'm maintaining legacy code that I recently switched to I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I'm experiencing unexpected session timeouts in my Rails 7.1 application after implementing a custom middleware......... The middleware is intended to log requests and manage sessions based on certain conditions. However, I've noticed that user sessions are timing out prematurely, even with the `config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_myapp_session', expire_after: 1.hour` setting in my configuration. Here’s a snippet of the middleware that I’ve added: ```ruby class SessionManagerMiddleware def initialize(app) @app = app end def call(env) # Assuming we use Rack::Session::Cookie session = env['rack.session'] # Custom logic to manipulate session data #... @app.call(env) end end ``` I added this middleware in the application stack like this: ```ruby # config/application.rb config.middleware.use SessionManagerMiddleware ``` After deploying this change, users are reporting that they are logged out after 15 minutes of inactivity, despite expecting the sessions to last for an hour. I’ve checked the `session_store` configuration, and it seems to be set correctly. Additionally, I’m not modifying the session expiration directly in the middleware, so I’m unsure why the sessions are timing out early. I tried debugging by adding some logging in my middleware to inspect the session data, but I’m not seeing any clear indicators of what might be causing this. Has anyone else encountered similar issues with custom middleware and session management? What could be the reason for these unexpected session timeouts? For context: I'm using Ruby on macOS. What's the best practice here? The stack includes Ruby and several other technologies. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've been using Ruby for about a year now.