User interactive sessions - Amazon IAM Identity Center
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User interactive sessions

User interactive sessions are sessions tied to a user's sign-in to the Amazon Web Services access portal or access to Amazon managed applications. The session duration of authentication into the Amazon Web Services access portal and applications is the maximum length of time that a user can be signed in without re-authenticating. If you end an active Amazon Web Services access portal session, this also ends any sessions for these managed applications.

The default session duration for user interactive sessions is 8 hours. You can specify a different duration, from a minimum of 15 minutes to a maximum of 90 days. Custom duration values must be entered in minutes and be between 15 minutes and 129,600 minutes (90 days). For more information, see Authentication in IAM Identity Center.

To configure the duration of a user interactive session

  1. Open the IAM Identity Center console.

  2. Choose Settings.

  3. On the Settings page, choose the Authentication tab.

  4. Under Authentication, next to Session duration, choose Configure. A Configure session duration dialog box appears.

  5. In the Configure session duration dialog box, under User interactive sessions, choose the maximum session duration for your users by selecting the drop-down arrow. Choose the length for the session, and then choose Save.

    Note

    Changes to session duration apply only to new sessions. Current sessions keep their original duration.

  6. You are returned to the Authentication tab. A green notification message appears above the tab indicates that the session settings were updated successfully.