# Get a longer timeout in the panel

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/get-a-longer-timeout-in-the-panel/8816>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [October 18, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/get-a-longer-timeout-in-the-panel/8816 "2017-10-18T20:25:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/get-a-longer-timeout-in-the-panel/8816/2 "2017-10-18T20:30:35Z")

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You could try with a session fingerprint:

> [@Panel keep login out](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/panel-keep-login-out/6587/10):
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> This is the fingerprint method: public static function fingerprint() { // custom fingerprint callback if(is\_callable(static::$fingerprint)) { return call(static::$fingerprint); } if(!r::cli()) { return sha1(Visitor::ua() . (ip2long($\_SERVER['REMOTE\_ADDR']) & ip2long('255.255.0.0'))); } else { return ''; } } So, if no custom fingerprint is used, the fingerprint is created like this: return sha1(Visitor::ua() . (ip2long($\_SERVER['REMOTE\_ADDR…

> [@How can I use fingerprint?](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-can-i-use-fingerprint/6047):
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> [https://getkirby.com/changelog/kirby-2-4-1](https://getkirby.com/changelog/kirby-2-4-1)[https://getkirby.com/search?q=fingerprint](https://getkirby.com/search?q=fingerprint) - In the future maybe. stuck_out_tongue I use Kirby 2.4.1. It says: Allow custom session fingerprinting to avoid session invalidation in environments, where IP addresses or User Agents change often. My enviroment changes IP:s often. That’s why I tried to add this to my config.php. s::$fingerprint = function() { return 'custom fingerprint'; } It did not work. It says: Parse error: syntax error, une…

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