ASP.NET Core MVC: setting expiration of identity cookie

Question

In my ASP.NET Core MVC app the lifetime of the authentication cookie is set to \'Session\', so it lasts until I close the browser. I use the default authentication scheme fo

Answer 1

There's an answer for version 2.0 but it didn't work for me. I had to do:

services.ConfigureApplicationCookie(options =>
{
    options.ExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromDays(30);
});

The default value is 14 days.