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datasette-auth-github 1.0.

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Version 1.0 of datasette-auth-github was released, fixing an issue where the plugin set cookies without a Max-Age parameter, causing authenticated sessions not to last long.

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“Release: datasette-auth-github 1.0 I run this GitHub login plugin on the agent.datasette.io demo site and I noticed that my authenticated sessions weren't lasting very long.”
Simon Willison's Weblog, 19 Sept 2026, 19:52.

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