@ianfontinell said in Why does cookie sessions last such a short time?:
In pretty much any website you can login and stay logged for a really long time even if you don't necessarily visit the site every day, but on GT and here on the forum if you don't visit twice a day your session expires. Why does it have to be like this?
Not true. Many sites...for the same security reason explained here...will close the session or log you out after a certain period of inactivity. I encounter that on a few sites I use, such as medical sites, etc. Simply doesn't happen on "pretty much any website" as you say.