fix

BeryJu · BeryJu · commit fe97c0b3b681 · 2024-04-18T18:04:02.000+02:00
Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer &lt;jens@goauthentik.io&gt;
diff --git a/authentik/root/settings.py b/authentik/root/settings.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from celery.schedules import crontab
+from django.conf import ImproperlyConfigured
 from sentry_sdk import set_tag
 
 from authentik import ENV_GIT_HASH_KEY, __version__
@@ -213,11 +214,13 @@
 DJANGO_REDIS_LOG_IGNORED_EXCEPTIONS = True
 match CONFIG.get("session_storage", "cache"):
     case "cache":
-        SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.db"
+        SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"
     case "db":
         SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.db"
     case _:
-        raise ValueError("Invalid session_storage setting, allowed values are db and cache")
+        raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+            "Invalid session_storage setting, allowed values are db and cache"
+        )
 SESSION_SERIALIZER = "authentik.root.sessions.pickle.PickleSerializer"
 SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS = "default"
 # Configured via custom SessionMiddleware
diff --git a/website/docs/installation/configuration.mdx b/website/docs/installation/configuration.mdx
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ Defaults to `86400`.
 Requires authentik 2024.4
 :::
 
-Configure if the sessions are stored in the cache or the database. Defaults to `cache`. Allowed values are `cache` and `db`.
+Configure if the sessions are stored in the cache or the database. Defaults to `cache`. Allowed values are `cache` and `db`. Note that changing this value will invalidate all previous sessions.
 
 ### `AUTHENTIK_WEB__WORKERS`
 
