Session Management

The Session Management feature allows you to prevent concurrent login and manage user sessions.

Prevent concurrent login

There is a setting in the identity section to prevent concurrent login. It has three options:

1. Disabled

   No restriction on concurrent login. This is the default.

2. LogoutFromSameTypeDevices

   Only one session of the same type can exist. Same type means we can restrict single login with a browser, but we may still can login with a mobile application without affecting the browser session. So, for each device type, we may allow a single login.

3. LogoutFromAllDevices

   All other sessions will be logged out when a new session is created.

Manage user sessions

You can view and manage user sessions on the Users page of the Identity module.

Once you revoke a session, the user will be logged out.

IdentitySessionCleanupBackgroundWorker

The IdentitySessionCleanupBackgroundWorker is a background worker that will remove the sessions that have not been active in the past.

IdentitySessionCleanupOptions

• IsCleanupEnabled: Default value is true.
• CleanupPeriod: Default value is 1 hour.
• InactiveTimeSpan: Default value is 30 days.

How it works

This feature depends on the Dynamic Claims feature of the ABP framework. Here is how it works:

• The IdentitySessionClaimsPrincipalContributor will generate a random GUID as a sessionid to add the ClaimsPrincipal, This usually happens when logging in to get the user's claims.
• The OnSignedIn event of Identity and ProcessSignIn event of OpenIddict will get this sessionid and store it in the database (IdentitySession table).
• The Dynamic Claims system's IdentitySessionDynamicClaimsPrincipalContributor will ensure the sessionid exists or signs out.
• The IdentitySessionChecker will check the sessionid that exists and update the LastAccessed and IpAddress to the cache.
• The IdentitySessionManager is used to get one or a list of sessions and update the LastAccessed and IpAddress from the cache to the database.
• The module will remove the session when logging out.
• The IdentitySessionCleanupBackgroundWorker will remove the inactive sessions.
• Once a new session has been created, we will remove the other sessions based on the PreventConcurrentLogin setting.
• The IdentitySessionManager is used to manage/maintain the sessions. Please use this class instead of directly using the repository.
• The UpdateSessionAfterCacheHit(10 times by default) property of IdentitySessionCheckerOptions is used to configure the IdentitySessionChecker that will update session in the database when cache hits reach this value. This is to reduce the database update frequency and improve performance.