id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
22004	Allow session.modified with an explicit False value to override SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST	Byron Ruth		"This line checks precludes a view that attempts to explicitly set the `session.modified` attribute to False. The use case I have is have a view that serves as a ""ping"" endpoint for session timeouts. The problem is that if the project setting has the SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST set to true, that view continually reset the session expiry time.

The changes required are to set [https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/contrib/sessions/backends/base.py#L42 this line] to None and [https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/contrib/sessions/middleware.py#L31 this line] to `if modified or (modified is None and settings.SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST):`"	Uncategorized	closed	contrib.sessions	dev	Normal	wontfix		johngiannelos@…	Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	1	0