# Improving User Experience with Long-Lived Dashboard Sessions

DevFeed: [Improving User Experience with Long-Lived Dashboard Sessions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/improving-user-experience-with-long-lived-dashboard-sessions-26390.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/dashboard-session-extension/>)

Author: Andre Soto

Published: 2022-03-14T21:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [MFA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mfa.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [User Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience.md>)

Tags: [enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enterprise.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [mfa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mfa.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [phishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/phishing.md>), [product-features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-features.md>), [salesforce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/salesforce.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku extends Dashboard login sessions from 12 hours to up to 24 hours for users generally, and up to 10 days for users with MFA who use the Dashboard daily. Idle sessions exceeding 24 hours still require re-authentication, while SSO users continue logging in through their identity provider every 8 hours.

## Source excerpt

At Salesforce, we strive to balance the security of your data and apps with an efficient and enjoyable user experience. Last year, we shortened login sessions for the Heroku Dashboard to 12 hours to improve security. Starting today, users can stay logged in for up to 24 hours. Even better, if you have multi-factor authentication [...] The post Improving User Experience with Long-Lived Dashboard Sessions appeared first on Heroku.