Search sessions settings in Kibana

Configure the search session settings in your kibana.yml configuration file.

[8.15.0] data.search.sessions.enabled

Set to true (default) to enable search sessions.

[8.15.0] data.search.sessions.notTouchedTimeout

How long Kibana stores search results from unsaved sessions, after the last search in the session completes. The default is 5m.

[8.15.0] data.search.sessions.maxUpdateRetries

How many retries Kibana can perform while attempting to save a search session. The default is 10.

[8.15.0] data.search.sessions.defaultExpiration

How long search session results are stored before they are deleted. Extending a search session resets the expiration by the same value. The default is 7d.