# Card session duration

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/card-session-duration/4164>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [April 3, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/card-session-duration/4164 "2025-04-03T15:01:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clockris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/clockris/32/2063_2.png) [@Clockris](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/Clockris)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/card-session-duration/4164/1 "2025-04-03T15:01:56Z")

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Hi all,

is there a way to extend the duration of the cards forever? The default it is just 6 days, but for keep track of their analysis our users needs too keep the card session theoretically forever.

Thanks,

Cristiano

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/card-session-duration/4164/2 "2025-04-04T13:15:04Z")

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This feature appears to be undocumented 🤦‍♂️, but you can change this through the environment variable `OOD_BC_CARD_TIME`.

Something like this in the dashboard’s env file should work for you. Its the amount of days you’ll keep the card (one year).

```bash
# /etc/ood/config/apps/dashboard/env
OOD_BC_CARD_TIME=365

```

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**Author:** ![Clockris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/clockris/32/2063_2.png) [@Clockris](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/Clockris)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/card-session-duration/4164/3 "2025-04-04T13:48:47Z")

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Thank you!

Is there even a way to keep the cards forever? (Maybe setting the variable to ‘0’).

Cristiano

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/card-session-duration/4164/4 "2025-04-04T13:51:15Z")

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I don’t think so, but I feel like 1 year is practically forever, if not 5 or 10 if you want.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/2X/b/bae70bd0ed39a3ae769c2108155f4cb3e9da8385.png) [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/card-session-duration/4164/5 "2025-10-01T13:51:23Z")

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