[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51275: Auto logout looses your content if not saved

[WordPress Trac]

#51275: Auto logout looses your content if not saved
------------------------------------+-----------------------
 Reporter:  cucocreative            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:
Component:  Login and Registration  |     Version:  5.5.1
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                          |     Focuses:  ui
------------------------------------+-----------------------
Changes (by cucocreative):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  invalid =>


Comment:

 I've just seen it again this morning on a site I've remained logged into
 for a few days now.

 Looking at the code from the modal, it includes the id "wp-auth-check"
 which seems to be part of a function that check whether a user is still
 logged in, for the heartbeat.
 [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_auth_check/]
 also this
 [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_auth_check_html/]
 appear to be the code for the modal box I'm seeing.

 [[Image(http://www.cucodigital.co.uk/wp-auth-check.png)]]

 The url in the modal includes "wp-login.php?interim-login=1". The variable
 $interim_login seems to be set TRUE when the log-in session of a user
 expires while they are working in the back end. In this case a message
 asking to log in again appears.

 The issue is not with the "Are you human" part but when you are auto
 logged out when you are in the middle of editing a page - you loose any
 unsaved work - it would be better to do an auto-save before logging you
 out.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51275#comment:2>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform