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Hi Guys,
So I have this problem: Whenever I spend too much time away from my application and then return to it and try to do something, let's say, perform the logout, I just get a TokenMismatchException.
This also happens whenever I leave my application on the login page for a long time and then return to it and try to perform the Login.
I know this is because of how Laravel handles Sessions, but I would rather have my users NOT seeing an error page like the TokenMismatchException one. Is there a way around this? Like maybe automatically redirecting the user to a "lockscreen" whenever they spend too much time away from the application. And another way around for the login case as well.
Thank You
I think the easiest solution is to use this package, which pings your app every x minutes (which keeps the session from timing out). Just make sure the time is set for less than your session. Like my session is 2 hours, so I have it ping once/hour. It's very lightweight and simple to use.
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