“Session Expired with ‘Password Expired’ Message – Cache Issue?”

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version:
    31.0.4.1

  • Operating system and version:
    Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS (jammy)

  • Web server and version:
    Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu)

  • Reverse proxy and version:
    No reverse proxy in use (Please confirm if this is true)

  • PHP version:
    8.3.20

  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error?
    Yes

  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    After updating to 31.0.4

  • Installation method:
    Manual (archive extraction)

  • Are you using Cloudflare, mod_security, or similar?
    No (Please confirm)

Summary of the issue you are facing:

I have bookmarked my Nextcloud dashboard. I’m logged in and everything works fine initially.
However, after some time — typically a day — when I revisit the bookmark, I get a message saying:
“Password expired – try to reset it.”

If I clear the browser history or cache, the problem goes away temporarily, but this is not a long-term solution.

I’ve confirmed that this started after the 31.0.4 update.
Session settings were missing in config.php, so I added the following:

'remember_login_cookie_lifetime' => 1296000,
'session_lifetime' => 86400,
'session_keepalive' => true,