| Description | This article describes the FortiGate GUI access Idle timeout behavior after value change. |
| Scope | FortiGate v7.4.0 and onwards. |
| Solution |
For older firmware versions such as 7.2, under System -> Settings -> Administration Settings -> Idle timeout', change the default 5 minutes to 1 minute.
There will be a message 'Your session is about to timeout.' 30 seconds before, it logs out automatically which is 1 minute timeout. For firmware version 7.4.0 and onwards, no message will appear and the timeout will be cached in the previous value until logout and re-login. The idle timeout will only be applied to sessions created after the timeout period has been changed, so it is NECESSARY to log out and re-login to FortiGate GUI every time the value of idle timeout is modified. |
