From 6593319c87498b85b001911d68558cac567e100b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Codex <codex@openai.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 20:32:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: persist login sessions across browser restarts

---
 src/server/routes/connection.ts | 13 +++--
 test/persistent-session.test.js | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/persistent-session.test.js

diff --git a/src/server/routes/connection.ts b/src/server/routes/connection.ts
index c7ac330..c81d506 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/connection.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/connection.ts
@@ -165,13 +165,12 @@ passport.deserializeUser(async (id: string, done) => {
   }
 });
 
-export function initSession() {
-  const redisClient = createClient({
+export function initSession(redisClient = createClient({
     socket: {
       port: config.REDIS_PORT,
       host: config.REDIS_HOSTNAME,
     },
-  });
+  })) {
   redisClient.on("error", (err) =>
     logger.error("redis client error", serializeError(err))
   );
@@ -186,6 +185,14 @@ export function initSession() {
     store: redisStore,
     saveUninitialized: false,
     resave: false,
+    rolling: true,
+    cookie: {
+      // Keep the browser cookie and Redis expiry aligned on active sessions.
+      maxAge: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+      httpOnly: true,
+      sameSite: "lax",
+      secure: "auto",
+    },
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/persistent-session.test.js b/test/persistent-session.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ab51c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/persistent-session.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/* global fetch */
+const { expect } = require("chai");
+const express = require("express");
+const { Passport } = require("passport");
+const { createClient } = require("redis");
+require("ts-node/register/transpile-only");
+const { initSession } = require("../src/server/routes/connection");
+const port = Number(process.env.PERFORMANCE_REDIS_PORT);
+const lifetime = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+
+(port ? describe : describe.skip)("persistent login sessions", function () {
+  this.timeout(10000);
+  let client, server, base;
+  const keys = new Set();
+  async function start() {
+    client = createClient({ socket: { host: "127.0.0.1", port, reconnectStrategy: false } });
+    const app = express();
+    app.set("trust proxy", "loopback");
+    app.use(initSession(client));
+    const passport = new Passport();
+    passport.serializeUser((user, done) => done(null, user.id));
+    passport.deserializeUser((id, done) => done(null, { id }));
+    app.use(passport.initialize());
+    app.use(passport.session());
+    app.use((req, res, next) => { keys.add(`anoGH_session:${req.sessionID}`); next(); });
+    app.get("/login", (req, res, next) => req.login({ id: "test-owner" }, error => {
+      if (error) return next(error);
+      keys.add(`anoGH_session:${req.sessionID}`);
+      res.json({ id: req.sessionID });
+    }));
+    app.get("/me", (req, res) => res.status(req.user ? 200 : 401).json({ id: req.sessionID, user: req.user }));
+    app.get("/logout", (req, res, next) => req.logout(error => error ? next(error) : res.sendStatus(204)));
+    await new Promise(resolve => { server = app.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve); });
+    base = `http://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}`;
+  }
+  async function stop() {
+    server.closeAllConnections();
+    await new Promise(resolve => server.close(resolve));
+    await client.close();
+  }
+  before(start);
+  after(async () => {
+    for (const key of keys) await client.del(key);
+    await stop();
+  });
+  const https = { "X-Forwarded-Proto": "https" };
+
+  it("does not create cookies for anonymous page requests", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${base}/me`, { headers: https });
+    expect(response.status).to.equal(401);
+    expect(response.headers.get("set-cookie")).to.equal(null);
+  });
+
+  it("persists a secure cookie and Redis session across a new app instance", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${base}/login`, { headers: https });
+    const header = response.headers.get("set-cookie");
+    expect(header).to.include("HttpOnly").and.include("Secure").and.include("SameSite=Lax");
+    const expires = new Date(/Expires=([^;]+)/.exec(header)[1]).getTime();
+    expect(expires - Date.now()).to.be.within((lifetime - 5) * 1000, lifetime * 1000);
+    const { id } = await response.json();
+    expect(await client.ttl(`anoGH_session:${id}`)).to.be.within(lifetime - 5, lifetime);
+    // A browser can retain an expiring cookie across restarts. Replay it to a
+    // fresh middleware/Redis connection, without the original process state.
+    const cookie = header.split(";")[0];
+    await stop();
+    await start();
+    const restored = await fetch(`${base}/me`, { headers: { ...https, Cookie: cookie } });
+    expect(restored.status).to.equal(200);
+    expect((await restored.json()).user.id).to.equal("test-owner");
+    expect(restored.headers.get("set-cookie")).to.include("Expires=");
+    await client.expire(`anoGH_session:${id}`, 60);
+    const renewed = await fetch(`${base}/me`, { headers: { ...https, Cookie: cookie } });
+    expect(renewed.status).to.equal(200);
+    expect(await client.ttl(`anoGH_session:${id}`)).to.be.within(lifetime - 5, lifetime);
+    expect((await fetch(`${base}/logout`, { headers: { ...https, Cookie: cookie } })).status).to.equal(204);
+    expect(await client.exists(`anoGH_session:${id}`)).to.equal(0);
+    expect((await fetch(`${base}/me`, { headers: { ...https, Cookie: cookie } })).status).to.equal(401);
+  });
+
+  it("supports local HTTP development without a Secure cookie", async () => {
+    const response = await fetch(`${base}/login`);
+    const cookie = response.headers.get("set-cookie");
+    expect(cookie).to.include("Expires=").and.include("HttpOnly").and.include("SameSite=Lax");
+    expect(cookie).not.to.include("Secure");
+  });
+});