Is this a forum bug or security issue?

[Z_MBFM]

I am using my account on my mobile and my PC. When I press the Logout button from one device, I am logged out from both devices and have to login again. My device is different here, but why am I getting logged out from both devices? I've been noticing this for a long time and I'm a bit confused.

This is good on one hand because if I login to my account on someone else's device and forget to logout or if my cookies are hacked and someone logs in to my account, then logging out of my account from my device will log me out from everywhere and all sessions will be turned off. But on the other hand, it is very annoying because I am getting logged out of my account again and again because I do not always keep my account logged in on my PC. Sometimes I log in to my account for some time.

When you have finished browsing the forum, you may decide to logout. Perhaps you share a workstation with someone else, in which case leaving yourself logged in would not be a good idea. So select the Logout option from the main menu and the forum should log you out, turning you into an instant guest, clearing your name from the list of users online and safeguarding your forum identity until you choose to login again.

It is written in the Logging Out option in the forum's Help Center, but it is not mentioned here that if you have an account logged in on multiple devices, logging out from one device will log you out from all devices.

[TryNinja]

This is good on one hand because if I login to my account on someone else's device and forget to logout or if my cookies are hacked and someone logs in to my account, then logging out of my account from my device will log me out from everywhere and all sessions will be turned off.

You got it right, it's a feature not a bug.

[_act_]

It is a very good feature, but it would have been better if question is asked if the person want to log out on the device alone or on all devices.

But I do not see it as anything.

So far it is both my laptop and my mobile phone, I do not logout, but I only close the tab.

[Royal Cap]

Well, it's not really a bug, it's actually for security reasons, which you already mentioned in your post. Since you use the forum occasionally on your PC and you don't want to be logged in, I would suggest you log in to the forum on your laptop in incognito mode and then use it. This way you won't have to log out and you won't be logged out from multiple devices. Just close the incognito browser when you're done.

[Catenaccio]

I am using my account on my mobile and my PC. When I press the Logout button from one device, I am logged out from both devices and have to login again. My device is different here, but why am I getting logged out from both devices? I've been noticing this for a long time and I'm a bit confused

It's not a bug.
Theymos answered in Browser forgetting Login after a certain amount of time?

- If you logout on one session, all of your sessions are logged out.
 - When you change your password, your session length is changed to 1 hour, so you will soon be logged out.

There's no 6-month expiration or anything. If your "remember password" thing is being forgotten, then that'd be especially surprising.

[Z_MBFM]

Theymos answered in Browser forgetting Login after a certain amount of time?

- If you logout on one session, all of your sessions are logged out.
 - When you change your password, your session length is changed to 1 hour, so you will soon be logged out.

There's no 6-month expiration or anything. If your "remember password" thing is being forgotten, then that'd be especially surprising.

My confusion is now cleared. So I am locking the topic now. Since there is no need to discuss anything further here, there is no need to bump the Topic