Looks like skipping session update is working!

Author: amontenegro

orcid-web/pom.xml

@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-session-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.4</version>
+            <version>2.7.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-session-data-redis</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.4</version>
+            <version>2.7.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>

orcid-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/frontend/spring/configuration/SessionCacheConfig.java

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package org.orcid.frontend.spring.configuration;
 
 import org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPoolConfig;
+import org.orcid.frontend.spring.session.redis.OrcidEnableRedisHttpSession;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisConnectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisStandaloneConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.jedis.JedisClientConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.jedis.JedisConnectionFactory;
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.springframework.session.FlushMode;
 import org.springframework.session.SaveMode;
 import org.springframework.session.SessionRepository;
+import org.springframework.session.config.annotation.web.http.EnableSpringHttpSession;
 import org.springframework.session.data.redis.RedisSessionRepository;
 import org.springframework.session.data.redis.config.ConfigureRedisAction;
 import org.springframework.session.data.redis.config.annotation.web.http.EnableRedisHttpSession;
@@ -25,7 +28,10 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 
 @Configuration
-@EnableRedisHttpSession
+//TODO: Trying to make a custom Redis http session configuration to filter the number of times we commit the transaction
+//Remove this comment once it is working!
+//@EnableRedisHttpSession
+@OrcidEnableRedisHttpSession
 public class SessionCacheConfig extends AbstractHttpSessionApplicationInitializer {
 
     @Value("${org.orcid.core.utils.cache.redis.pool.idle.max:30}")

orcid-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/frontend/spring/session/redis/OrcidEnableRedisHttpSession.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package org.orcid.frontend.spring.session.redis;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.session.FlushMode;
+import org.springframework.session.SaveMode;
+import org.springframework.session.data.redis.RedisFlushMode;
+import org.springframework.session.data.redis.config.annotation.web.http.RedisHttpSessionConfiguration;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
+@Documented
+@Import({OrcidRedisHttpSessionConfiguration.class})
+@Configuration(
+        proxyBeanMethods = false
+)
+public @interface OrcidEnableRedisHttpSession {
+    int maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds() default 1800;
+
+    String redisNamespace() default "spring:session";
+
+    /** @deprecated */
+    @Deprecated
+    RedisFlushMode redisFlushMode() default RedisFlushMode.ON_SAVE;
+
+    FlushMode flushMode() default FlushMode.ON_SAVE;
+
+    String cleanupCron() default "0 * * * * *";
+
+    SaveMode saveMode() default SaveMode.ON_SET_ATTRIBUTE;
+}