{"id":2452,"date":"2026-06-11T16:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2452"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:48:04","password":"","slug":"what-counts-as-activity-that-keeps-my-session-alive","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-counts-as-activity-that-keeps-my-session-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"What counts as activity that keeps my session alive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your session stays active when you&nbsp;use the user panel&nbsp;in a normal way &#8211; for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigating between pages and menus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sending or scheduling messages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viewing reports, delivery summaries, or account details<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saving settings or submitting forms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other actions that load a new page or send a request as part of your work in the dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What generally does not count as activity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some background checks run automatically while you are on a page (such as notification badges or live summary widgets). These are designed&nbsp;not&nbsp;to extend your session if you are otherwise inactive. If you leave a tab open without clicking, typing, or navigating, the idle timer still applies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related articles<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/why-does-sms-gateway-center-automatically-log-me-out\/\">Why Does SMS Gateway Center Automatically Log Me Out?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-is-the-difference-between-idle-timeout-and-maximum-session-lifetime\/\">What is the difference between idle timeout and maximum session lifetime?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/why-is-automatic-logout-required\/\">Why is automatic logout required?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-happens-when-my-session-expires\/\">What happens when my session expires?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/i-was-actively-working-why-was-i-still-logged-out\/\">I was actively working \u2013 why was I still logged out?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your session stays active when you&nbsp;use the user panel&nbsp;in a normal way &#8211; for example: What generally does not count as activity Some background checks run automatically while you are on a page (such as notification badges or live summary widgets). These are designed&nbsp;not&nbsp;to extend your session if you are otherwise inactive. If you leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1968],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2452","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-session-management"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":159,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Session Management","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/session-management\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}