Since the subject is authenticated at the point you reach the backed then
maybe you can use some kind of impersonation I.e a backend job runs the
long running process on behalf of the subject.

On Fri 17. Feb 2023 at 09:52, Boris Petrov <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK, thanks for the answer. But in that case how would I handle the
> following case - a request is made from the frontend with some
> authenticated subject. I want to trigger some long-running process and
> do something that requires a valid session after that. The long-running
> process is in a chain of asynchronous stuff and I don't know where it
> will "end" so I can log-out the subject. What are the best practices for
> something like that?
>
> On 2/16/23 19:13, [email protected] wrote:
> > I would not recommend it. Unless the Subject is logged out, the session
> would not be garbage collected.
> > Technically this is possible if every subject is ’sure’ to be logged
> out, but that’s is unrealistic in a web application.
> >
> >> On Feb 16, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Boris Petrov<[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm wondering is it "safe" to call `setTimeout(-1);` on a Shiro
> session. That is, after I do that, is that a memory leak? Whenever the
> `Subject` of that `Session` is GC'd, will the session also be invalidated
> and removed from the session-manager or that must be done manually? Thanks!
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Boris
> >>
>

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