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Responses Re: idle_session_timeout doc  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/runtime-config-client.html
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Is there a way to alter users idle_session_timeout setting?  My
understanding is that it's a global setting.  The last sentence indicates
you can apply an idle session timeout to particular users:

idle_session_timeout (integer)
Terminate any session that has been idle (that is, waiting for a client
query), but not within an open transaction, for longer than the specified
amount of time. If this value is specified without units, it is taken as
milliseconds. A value of zero (the default) disables the timeout.

Unlike the case with an open transaction, an idle session without a
transaction imposes no large costs on the server, so there is less need to
enable this timeout than idle_in_transaction_session_timeout.

Be wary of enforcing this timeout on connections made through
connection-pooling software or other middleware, as such a layer may not
react well to unexpected connection closure. It may be helpful to enable
this timeout only for interactive sessions, perhaps by applying it only to
particular users.

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