> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Console

> Session timeout and display timezone for the Guardway dashboard. Both are per-browser preferences.

## What this is for

**Settings → Console** groups two per-user dashboard preferences: **Session timeout** (auto-logoff on inactivity) and **Timezone** (how timestamps are rendered across the dashboard).

<Note>
  Both settings are stored in your browser's local storage. They apply **per user, per device** — they do not roam across browsers and do not affect other users in your organization.
</Note>

The page has two tabs: **Session timeout** and **Timezone**.

## Session timeout

Auto-logoff on inactivity. Card is titled **Auto-Logoff** with help text *"Automatically log out after a period of inactivity to protect your account."*

### Options

| Field                  | Notes                                                                                                 |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Enable auto-logoff** | Toggle. Default **off**.                                                                              |
| **Timeout duration**   | Dropdown shown when the toggle is on. Options: **30 minutes**, **1 hour**, **5 hours**, **24 hours**. |

### What triggers a timeout

Any mouse movement, keystroke, or scroll resets the inactivity timer. When it runs out, you're logged out automatically.

### Warning dialog

Two minutes before logout, a dialog appears with the message *"You will be automatically logged out in \{MM:SS} due to inactivity."*

* **Stay Logged In** — resets the timer.
* **Log Out Now** — ends the session immediately.

<Frame caption="Console → Session timeout">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/fcguardwayai/rJTQ_bXDRs9Cgazf/images/screenshots/platform/settings/console-auto-logoff.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=rJTQ_bXDRs9Cgazf&q=85&s=3c6d44a9e33bdce1a82b71448dd98b97" alt="Auto-logoff settings" width="2322" height="1122" data-path="images/screenshots/platform/settings/console-auto-logoff.png" />
</Frame>

## Timezone

Card is titled **Display Timezone** with help text *"Choose the timezone used to render timestamps across logs, traces, analytics, and audit views. API queries always use UTC."*

### What it affects

Timestamps shown in:

* [Logs](/platform/logs) — Requests, MCP, Guardrails, Traces tabs.
* [Audit log](/platform/settings/audit-log).
* [Dashboard → Usage](/platform/dashboard/usage), [Spend](/platform/dashboard/spend), [Security](/platform/dashboard/security).

<Warning>
  Stored data always uses **UTC**. The timezone setting is presentation-only — it re-renders timestamps but does not change what is queried or recorded.
</Warning>

### Options

* Dropdown with **System default (detected timezone)** at the top plus a curated list of common timezones (UTC, major US, EU, APAC, etc.).
* If your system timezone isn't in the curated list, it's still shown as the system-default option.
* A preview line renders the current time in the selected timezone with its abbreviation, e.g. **2026-04-17 14:23:45 (EDT)**.
* Default: system timezone (resolved via the browser's `Intl.DateTimeFormat()` API).

<Frame caption="Console → Timezone">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/fcguardwayai/rJTQ_bXDRs9Cgazf/images/screenshots/platform/settings/console-timezone.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=rJTQ_bXDRs9Cgazf&q=85&s=de4e0bcf3437b9f1dcd0561233fe39cf" alt="Display timezone settings" width="2322" height="1034" data-path="images/screenshots/platform/settings/console-timezone.png" />
</Frame>

## How to configure

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Settings → Console">
    Open **Settings → Console** from the dashboard sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set session timeout">
    On the **Session timeout** tab, toggle **Enable auto-logoff** on and pick a **Timeout duration**. Settings save automatically.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the display timezone">
    Switch to the **Timezone** tab and pick a value from the dropdown. The preview line updates immediately so you can verify.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Permissions

No role gating — any signed-in user can change their own session timeout and timezone. Neither setting is visible to admins or coworkers.