# Configurable session state lifetime

> Output state validity is no longer hardcoded to six hours.

Source: https://qa.tech/changelog/2026-04-02-configurable-session-state-lifetime · Published: 2026-04-02

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When a test produces an output state (cookies, local storage, IndexedDB) that downstream tests depend on, that state used to expire after a hardcoded six hours. For some applications six hours is fine. For others (long-lived sessions, daily test runs, slower QA cadences) it forced unnecessary re-logins.

Output state validity is now a per-application setting, configurable from 5 minutes up to 7 days under Project Settings → Applications → Edit → Session State Lifetime.