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Session expired

A web session is expired when it is no longer valid because its time limit has been reached.

In plain English

A web session is the temporary period while a website keeps an interaction active. Once its allowed time has run out, that session is no longer valid.

In context

Here, "Session expired" reports that the current portal session is no longer valid because its time limit has been reached.

Situation
Using identity, tax, and citizen portals for login, verification, submissions, and notices
What it communicates
reports that the current portal session has ended

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not establish anything beyond the session no longer being valid because its allotted time has ended.

Examples

“The session expired while the claim form sat open during lunch.”

Core meaning

“When the clerk clicked Next after a long pause, the portal showed Session expired.”

In context