Google Workspace - Session Control

[Koldov]

I am quite often asked to re-input my password whilst using Google Workspace Admin console and it seems to happen very frequently.

 

For instance this morning I had been working for a while after signing in this morning, used another tab in the browser to research something (for 10 minutes maybe) and then switched back to the Google Workspace tab, clicked on a Menu/Settings link and it asked me to sign in again...

 

As I say it happens a lot and I figured there must be a session control policy, so I researched where that would be (Security > Google Session Control) and found it was set at 14 days! I'm guessing this is a default though and it doesn't explain what I'm experiencing...

 

The other explanation could be that once signed-in that it asks me to 're-verify' my credentials if I select a 'security/sensitive' menu/setting but that's a bit overkill... and is it really that 'aware'?

Edited November 9, 2023 by Koldov

[jthompson]

Yeah, that's specific to the Admin console pages and likely not configurable.

[timbo343]

I am quite often asked to re-input my password whilst using Google Workspace Admin console and it seems to happen very frequently.

 

For instance this morning I had been working for a while after signing in this morning, used another tab in the browser to research something (for 10 minutes maybe) and then switched back to the Google Workspace tab, clicked on a Menu/Settings link and it asked me to sign in again...

 

As I say it happens a lot and I figured there must be a session control policy, so I researched where that would be (Security > Google Session Control) and found it was set at 14 days! I'm guessing this is a default though and it doesn't explain what I'm experiencing...

 

The other explanation could be that once signed-in that it asks me to 're-verify' my credentials if I select a 'security/sensitive' menu/setting but that's a bit overkill... and is it really that 'aware'?

 

I've got a separate Super Admin account that i use for managing the Workspace of Google and it's a royal PITA when it kicks me out after say 15mins whilst moving between sections in there.

 

We have our session control / session cookie set to 12 hours for everyone else which means staff know once they log in to Google on a morning that will keep them logged whilst they are at work - obviously this is different for Super Admin accounts.

[Koldov]

Yes, very annoying as it doesn't actually even kick you out whilst the tab is open on screen, only when you go to do something else!

 

Hence me sitting on a complicated (well, for me) GMail compliance setting for a while, then when happy and finally hitting 'save' it just kicks me out... sign back in and... no sign of the setting I was working on...