# How to increase the default webrtc session timeout value

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-increase-the-default-webrtc-session-timeout-value/96539>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration, media-players-and-devices, webrtc\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-increase-the-default-webrtc-session-timeout-value/96539 "2023-10-05T07:02:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alok\_Kumar2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Alok\_Kumar2](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alok_Kumar2)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-increase-the-default-webrtc-session-timeout-value/96539/1 "2023-10-05T07:02:13Z")

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Hi,

we are noticing the following log in Wowza log files.

```
WebRTCSession.shutdown[309732651]: Shutting down WebRTC session due to idle timeout. Time elapsed between last activity10006, configured idleTimeout=10000	-	-	-	81484.694	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-10-05	11:43:56	IST	comment	server	INFO	200	-	WebRTCSession.shutdown[309732651]: Shutdown WebRTC session.	-	-	-	81484.694	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	

```

Please let us know the scenarios is which this message would be logged and how to increase the idleTimeout value?