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personal finance app session duration

Verification for longer-lived user sessions

xpenser verified extended user sessions and improved Playwright selectors so the PR validation flow checks authenticated app access reliably.

Published May 29, 2026

A personal finance app should not unexpectedly interrupt users with unnecessary sign-in prompts.

This release came from PR #7 and is now part of the xpenser release archive. It gives people evaluating an open-source expense tracker a clearer view of how the product has improved over time.

What changed

  • Verified the existing session-duration fix in a PR environment.
  • Improved Playwright helpers for exact email/password sign-in controls.
  • Kept responsive duplicate markup from confusing e2e assertions.

Why it matters

Stable authentication validation protects the daily dashboard workflow and helps future PRs catch regressions before they reach users.

Where it fits

This release strengthened xpenser authentication quality while keeping the user-facing behavior focused on longer-lived sessions.

For a broader product overview, start with the xpenser home page. Developers can also explore the personal finance API and MCP tools, while self-hosters can review the self-hosted personal finance tracker page.

Start hosted, then self-host when ready

Create a hosted xpenser account for the public instance, or review the MIT licensed source and run your own deployment from Docker Compose.