Why am I being logged out?

Graybeard

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When I log in, I check the box 'keep me signed in'. I'm not sure of the duration but I'd guess that every 14 days I get logged out. This has been going on for a coupled of months and it never used to happen. Is this something new? If not, why am I being logged out.
 
Nothing has changed at our end that I am aware of.
 
Perhaps you should check the rules you have set up for cookies. They may be getting deleted after a certain interval.
I tend to doubt that mainly because there are a lot of sites I am logged into that I don't log out of (like this one) and they seldom ever require me to log in, certainly not twice a month. Is there a setting in my FIRE profile that could be doing this despite the fact that I check the box to remember me when I have to log in?
 
Is there a setting in my FIRE profile that could be doing this despite the fact that I check the box to remember me when I have to log in?

No other setting that I am aware of.

If you have another browser on your device maybe you could try using that for a while and if the problem goes away it will indicate a browser setting.

I regularly access the site using a laptop, smart phone and tablet and don't have this problem. Sure, on occasion and on more forums than this one, I will have to log back in and click the appropriate "remember me" box for the site I'm using.
 
If you have another browser on your device maybe you could try using that for a while and if the problem goes away it will indicate a browser setting.
This is probably the best advice. All profile settings on this forum are the same for everyone.
 
No other setting that I am aware of.

If you have another browser on your device maybe you could try using that for a while and if the problem goes away it will indicate a browser setting.

I regularly access the site using a laptop, smart phone and tablet and don't have this problem. Sure, on occasion and on more forums than this one, I will have to log back in and click the appropriate "remember me" box for the site I'm using.
+1 No forum settings I am aware of.

I’ve not experienced this issue and use multiple devices
 
Usually, when my computer auto-updates the OS or the Norton utility app cleans up and recovers disk space, it logs me out of all sites. Easy enough to log back in.
 
Over the last year, I've probably had to sign back in about 4 times. Every few months. I consider that normal and probably either a glitch or an update was done or something cleared a cache on the servers. But certainly not every 2 weeks.

Edited to add: I use Apple devices and the Safari browser.
 
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If you are using an Apple device, I have noticed after the last couple of OS updates that I am logged out of all web sites when using Safari. This doesn’t happen when using another browser like Firefox.
 
If you are using an Apple device, I have noticed after the last couple of OS updates that I am logged out of all web sites when using Safari. This doesn’t happen when using another browser like Firefox.
Something else is going on there. I use Safari on a Mac every day and I haven't been logged out of anything in years unless I deliberately deleted cookies.
 
Using Brave on a Win 10 desktop. It's only a PITA cuz I have to open a password safe on a flash drive to get my userid and password.
 
This happens to me every time Windows does an update. They are sneaky about it, doing it after dark and I'm in bed. Even opens the same programs I was using like Quicken and Microsoft Edge browser. But when I go to a forum or other login activity, it has me sign in again.
 
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