Every time I open my browser, my Node.js web app creates a fresh session

Whenever I close all browser windows and reopen the web app, a new session is initiated, forcing me to re-authenticate each time.

To give you an idea, my web application framework is 

<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8bda0a8aabdabab98ecf6e9ecf6e8">[email protected]</a>
, with 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8beef3fbf9eef8f8a6f8eef8f8e2e4e5cbbaa5babfa5ba">[email protected]</a>
as middleware for session storage, and 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4c7cbcacac1c7d089c9cbcac3cbe4958a978a96">[email protected]</a>
for authentication.

Below is the configuration for cookies and sessions:

// CookieParser should be above session
app.use(cookieParser());

// Express MongoDB session storage
app.use(session({
    resave: true,
    saveUninitialized: true,
    name: config.sessionName,
    secret: config.sessionSecret,
    store: new MongoStore({
        mongooseConnection: db.connection,
        collection: config.sessionCollection
    })
}));

The existing session stored in MongoDB still has two weeks before expiration.

It appears that the Node.js application fails to identify the old session from the browser, resulting in the creation of a new one and instructing the browser to use it.

This issue occurs consistently, indicating a potential problem within my web application.

node.jssessionexpressexpress-sessionconnect-mongo

Answer №1

Thanks to @Bradley, I finally managed to identify the issue.

Here is the solution I came up with:

app.use(session({
    cookie: {
        maxAge: ms('14 days') // Using 'ms' node module to convert string into milliseconds
    },
    resave: true,
    saveUninitialized: true,
    name: config.sessionName,
    secret: config.sessionSecret,
    store: new MongoStore({
        mongooseConnection: db.connection,
        collection: config.sessionCollection
    })
}));

To learn more, you can visit https://github.com/expressjs/session#expires

The default setting has no expiration, leading most clients to treat it as a "non-persistent cookie" that gets deleted when exiting the web browser.

This was the cause of my problem.

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