title: Is it possible to have a session timeout specific to a single JSR-168 portlet application
body: <p>I have JSR-168 Portlet deployed inside IBM Portal Server v6.0 and we are having some issues with the portlet reaching the maximum amount of in-memory sessions defined in the WebSphere console for the Portal Server.</p>
  
  <p>As a result we need to tweak the session-timeout setttings. My question is where should I tweak the settings. i.e. In a JSR-168 Portlet are you allowed to have the following and will it work...</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;session-config&gt;
     &lt;session-timeout&gt;30&lt;/session-timeout&gt;
  &lt;/session-config&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am confused about this because I'm not sure it makes sense to have a session-timeout on an individual Portlet. A portlet is just a widget on a web page and if that portlet has a session timeout does that mean that the rest of the page times out?</p>
  
  <p>Or is it not possible to have a session-timeout just for one portlet and hence the Portlet inherits the session timeout settings defined for the Portal Server in WebSphere? And effectively making the session timeout a parameter applicable to all pages/portlets on the Portal Server?</p>
  
  <p>thanks</p>