From 7dea2734eade258ae0aa67186cc230d2b3bef30b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nate Emmert <nmemmert@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:40:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Sessions: 180-day lifetime with sliding renewal

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 app/server.js | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/server.js b/app/server.js
index fdb57b9..8f3e0e9 100644
--- a/app/server.js
+++ b/app/server.js
@@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ function parseCookies(req) {
   }).filter(([k]) => k));
 }
 
+// Sessions last SESSION_DAYS and slide: any signed-in request more than a day after the
+// cookie was issued gets a fresh one, so people who keep using the app never sign in again.
+const SESSION_DAYS = 180;
+const SESSION_MS = SESSION_DAYS * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+const SESSION_RENEW_AFTER_MS = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
 function signSession(username, epoch = 0) {
-  const expiry = Date.now() + 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+  const expiry = Date.now() + SESSION_MS;
   const payload = Buffer.from(`${username}|${expiry}|${epoch}`).toString('base64url');
   const sig = crypto.createHmac('sha256', SESSION_SECRET).update(payload).digest('base64url');
   return `${payload}.${sig}`;
@@ -56,12 +62,12 @@ function verifySession(token) {
   const decoded = Buffer.from(payload, 'base64url').toString();
   const [username, expiry, epoch] = decoded.split('|');
   if (!username || !expiry || Date.now() > parseInt(expiry)) return null;
-  return { username, epoch: parseInt(epoch) || 0 };
+  return { username, epoch: parseInt(epoch) || 0, expiry: parseInt(expiry) };
 }
 
 function sessionCookie(req, token) {
   const secure = req.secure || req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] === 'https' ? '; Secure' : '';
-  return `dsession=${token}; HttpOnly; Path=/; Max-Age=${30 * 24 * 3600}; SameSite=Lax${secure}`;
+  return `dsession=${token}; HttpOnly; Path=/; Max-Age=${SESSION_DAYS * 24 * 3600}; SameSite=Lax${secure}`;
 }
 
 function hashPassword(password, salt) {
@@ -142,12 +148,20 @@ function currentUser(req) {
   if (!s) return null;
   const u = findUser(s.username);
   if (!u || u.disabled || (u.epoch || 0) !== s.epoch) return null;
+  req.sessionExpiry = s.expiry;
   return u;
 }
 
 function requireDashboardAuth(req, res, next) {
   const user = currentUser(req);
-  if (user) { req.dashUser = user; return next(); }
+  if (user) {
+    req.dashUser = user;
+    // Sliding renewal (routes that set their own cookie later simply overwrite this header)
+    if (req.sessionExpiry - Date.now() < SESSION_MS - SESSION_RENEW_AFTER_MS) {
+      res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', sessionCookie(req, signSession(user.username, user.epoch || 0)));
+    }
+    return next();
+  }
   if (req.path.startsWith('/api/')) return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' });
   res.redirect('/dashboard/login');
 }