diff --git a/couchdb/local.ini b/couchdb/local.ini
index 5e5030b..994f472 100644
--- a/couchdb/local.ini
+++ b/couchdb/local.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ single_node = true
 ; See https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/config/auth.html#chttpd/require_valid_user
 require_valid_user = true
 
+[couch_httpd_auth]
+; Number of seconds since the last request before sessions will be expired.
+timeout = 3600
+
 [fabric]
 ; Prevent "No DB shards could be opened" errors, see https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/4497
-shard_timeout_min_msec = 5000
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+shard_timeout_min_msec = 5000