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Last few days I have been auto logged out of Gmail. I have not been using any other google related websites on same browser, so there is no chance that I may have logged out from different service.

Does anyone know how to fix it, so it doesn't log me out until I want to.

Thanks.

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OS? browser???? – HaLaBi Oct 19 '12 at 1:03
Maybe because of high ping. For example, you could switch one datacentre to another, and your session was reset, because datacentre was on another continent. – Andrew Smith Oct 19 '12 at 1:47
What do you mean by "auto-logged out of GMail?" – Metahuman Oct 19 '12 at 7:35
Could be a variety of reasons. Cookies timing out, dynamic IP address, work proxy causing sessions to die, etc. Off topic, regardless. – Polynomial Oct 19 '12 at 7:43
Hi Damodar - this isn't really a security question. I would imagine Google will have an faq somewhere. – Rory Alsop♦ Oct 19 '12 at 10:12

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Some web based email clients give a "time out" after a while if the account is logged in to, but not in use. The companies that do this do it because they don't have the storage space to maintain all the sessions.

Google on the other hand has nothing but space. I have gone a past many days without any re-logging in. Direct Internet Connectivity{No-Proxy Server} is a must with appropriate Browser Settings.

Also, sometimes your Browser may auto-flush the cookies and session values. This can be an internal setting or any malware activity.

Perhaps you can elaborate a little more on the Browser you are using; and also on the Internet Connectivity.

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