Using CLI Console in GUI times out after 50 seconds idle

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
September 9, 2025
9 replies
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I've cross checked the knowledge base multiple ways on this issue, and I'm can't tell if this is a setting or a firmware issue or just hard coded.

Firmware is 7.2.11 on a Fortigate 80e

I use the CLI console from the GUI often. Mainly I use it to SSH to switches and work in that manner. I do this because of company policies. But there is a very annoying feature that I can't seem to resolve. If the CLI Console in the GUI is idle for 50 seconds, I lose my connection. I have to press enter to start again. This can be very annoying when I'm connected to another device and trying to work. I've confirmed this with a stop watch and it will end the session 50 seconds after typing has stopped.

Is there a setting for this? Or was this just poor thinking by the engineers?

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Toshi_Esumi

SuperUser

I think it's on the switch side you're SSHing into. Have you compared with a direct SSH into the same switch (not from the FGT but from your machine routed through the FGT)? I think it would still time out in 50 sec on idle.

Toshi

chedstromAuthor

New Member

No its not. I sat at the command prompt without connecting to anything. And 50 seconds later, it kicked me out.

Edit: I further tested by entering commands for 1 minute then stopped. And at 1:50 I was kicked off. So I confirmed its a 50 second idle timer on the CLI Console.

Toshi_Esumi

SuperUser

Generally console timer is separated from SSH session timer, like cisco switches.

Toshi

Burak_Kelleci

New Member

you can try set via Gui
Setting= > Idle time out
you can set 1 to 480 Minute

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chedstromAuthor

New Member

That was the first place I looked but its already set to 60 minutes.

Toshi_Esumi

SuperUser

Besides, if that timer times out, it would kick off the admin user from the GUI. And the user need to re-log in to the GUI.

HarryTran

Staff

This issue does not happen to me on the same platform and OS (FortiGate-80E v7.2.11,build1740). The remote session is maintained active until the time-out expired on the remote-host.

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