How long can the Internet Identity login status be maintained?

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When I log in with Internet Identity, the ic-delegation and ic-identity will be saved in the browser’s local storage, but I found that they will be automatically cleared when I visit the website again after a while, and I need to log in again. What’s the matter? Is there a good way to increase the time of the login status so that I can automatically log in the next time I visit the website?

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The application using II gets to pick the timeToLive for the delegation. It could ask the user how long they’d like their login to be valid.

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Hi kritzcreek , thank you, I found the maxTimeToLive parameter.

     /**
      * Experiation of the authentication
      */
     maxTimeToLive?: bigint;

Should I pass in milliseconds or a timestamp?
If I set maxTimeToLive to 10000 milliseconds, it will expire after 10000 milliseconds.
If I set my maxTimeToLive to a timestamp of 1629883636, it will expire after this time is reached.
Does this bigint represent milliseconds or timestamps?

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The protocol is specified here: Internet Identity Spec

With the relevant section:

the maxTimeToLive , if present, indicates the desired time span (in nanoseconds) until the requested delegation should expire. The Identity Identity frontend is free to set an earlier expiry time, but should not create a larger.

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