# 1. Session Security

Automatically protect unattended or completed register sessions.

# How to log out employees after every completed transaction

Enable automatic logout after a completed transaction when each sale should end the current employee’s session.

## Enable transaction logout

1. Open **Settings > Security**.
2. Find **Session Security**.
3. Enable **Log out after every completed transaction**.
4. Save Security settings.

## What happens

After a supported sale, repair, or layaway checkout is completed, RepairNest POS returns to the logout screen. The next employee must sign in before beginning another transaction.

## When to use it

- Several employees share one register.
- Sales must always be tied to the employee who completed them.
- The register is accessible from a public or high-traffic area.

This setting protects completed-transaction handoffs. Use idle logout as well when an employee may walk away before completing a transaction.

# How to configure automatic idle logout

Idle logout automatically signs out a register after the device has had no activity for the configured period.

## Set the idle timeout

1. Open **Settings > Security**.
2. Under **Session Security**, enable idle logout.
3. Enter the number of idle seconds allowed before logout.
4. Save Security settings.
5. Test the behavior on the device without leaving an active customer transaction unattended.

## Choose a practical timeout

A short timeout offers stronger protection but can interrupt employees. A longer timeout is more convenient but leaves an unattended register available for longer. Values below 15 seconds are reset to 90 seconds when saved.

Idle logout is configured for the device. Review each register that requires the same protection.