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# SessionOptions

Options to pass to `express-session`.

## Properties

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"name","type":"`string`","description":"The name of the session ID cookie to set in the response (and read from in the request). The default value is `connect.sid`.\nRefer to [express-session’s documentation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#name) for more details.","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"resave","type":"`boolean`","description":"Whether the session should be saved back to the session store, even if the session was never modified during the request. The default value is `true`.\nRefer to [express-session’s documentation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#resave) for more details.","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"rolling","type":"`boolean`","description":"Whether the session identifier cookie should be force-set on every response. The default value is `false`.\nRefer to [express-session’s documentation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#rolling) for more details.","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"saveUninitialized","type":"`boolean`","description":"Whether a session that is \"uninitialized\" is forced to be saved to the store. The default value is `true`.\nRefer to [express-session’s documentation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#saveUninitialized) for more details.","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"secret","type":"`string`","description":"The secret to sign the session ID cookie. By default, the value of `cookie_secret` is used.\nRefer to [express-session’s documentation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#secret) for details.","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"ttl","type":"`number`","description":"Used when calculating the `Expires` `Set-Cookie` attribute of cookies. By default, its value is `10 * 60 * 60 * 1000`.\nRefer to [express-session’s documentation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-session#cookiemaxage) for details.","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} expandUrl="https://docs.medusajs.com/development/entities/repositories#retrieving-a-list-of-records" sectionTitle="SessionOptions"/>