diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts
index 6a0af3c52..4695a6f9e 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/login.spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ describe("Login Route test", () => {
             expect(expiry).toStrictEqual(new Date(session!.cookie.expires!));
         });
 
+        it("doesn't renew the session on subsequent requests", async () => {
+            const { expiry: originalExpiry } = await getSessionFromCookie(setCookieHeader);
+
+            // Simulate user waiting half the period before the session expires.
+            vi.setSystemTime(originalExpiry!.getTime() - (originalExpiry!.getTime() - Date.now()) / 2);
+
+            // Make a request to renew the session.
+            await supertest(app)
+                .get("/")
+                .set("Cookie", setCookieHeader)
+                .expect(200);
+
+            // Check the session is still valid and has not been renewed.
+            const { session, expiry } = await getSessionFromCookie(setCookieHeader);
+            expect(session).toBeTruthy();
+            expect(expiry!.getTime()).toStrictEqual(originalExpiry!.getTime());
+        });
+
         it("cleans up expired sessions", async () => {
             let { session, expiry } = await getSessionFromCookie(setCookieHeader);
             expect(session).toBeTruthy();
@@ -123,6 +141,24 @@ describe("Login Route test", () => {
             expect(expiry?.getTime()).toBeLessThanOrEqual(expectedExpirationDate.getTime());
         });
 
+        it("renews the session on subsequent requests", async () => {
+            const { expiry: originalExpiry } = await getSessionFromCookie(setCookieHeader);
+
+            // Simulate user waiting half the period before the session expires.
+            vi.setSystemTime(originalExpiry!.getTime() - (originalExpiry!.getTime() - Date.now()) / 2);
+
+            // Make a request to renew the session.
+            await supertest(app)
+                .get("/")
+                .set("Cookie", setCookieHeader)
+                .expect(200);
+
+            // Check the session is still valid and has been renewed.
+            const { session, expiry } = await getSessionFromCookie(setCookieHeader);
+            expect(session).toBeTruthy();
+            expect(expiry!.getTime()).toBeGreaterThan(originalExpiry!.getTime());
+        });
+
         it("cleans up expired sessions", async () => {
             let { session, expiry } = await getSessionFromCookie(setCookieHeader);
             expect(session).toBeTruthy();
diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/session_parser.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/session_parser.ts
index 1c058f14d..7cee5c9e4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/session_parser.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/session_parser.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ export class SQLiteSessionStore extends Store {
         }
     }
 
+    touch(sid: string, session: session.SessionData, callback?: (err?: any) => void): void {
+        // For now it's only for session cookies ("Remember me" unchecked).
+        if (session.cookie?.expires) {
+            callback?.();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            const expires = Date.now() + 3600000; // fallback to 1 hour
+            sql.execute(/*sql*/`UPDATE sessions SET expires = ? WHERE id = ?`, [expires, sid]);
+            callback?.();
+        } catch (e) {
+            log.error(e);
+            callback?.(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Given a session ID, returns the expiry date of the session.
      *
@@ -79,6 +96,7 @@ const sessionParser: express.RequestHandler = session({
     secret: sessionSecret,
     resave: false, // true forces the session to be saved back to the session store, even if the session was never modified during the request.
     saveUninitialized: false, // true forces a session that is "uninitialized" to be saved to the store. A session is uninitialized when it is new but not modified.
+    rolling: true, // forces the session to be saved back to the session store, resetting the expiration date.
     cookie: {
         path: "/",
         httpOnly: true,