title: Handling a timeout in ASP.NET MVC
body: <p>In ASP.NET MVC3, I can't seem to override a session timeout. I have set breakpoints at all the relevant server-side code points I can think of (controller actions and methods in globax.ax.cs) but nothing seems to get hit on session timeout. </p>
  
  <p>I even applied an attribute as suggested here: (http://www.tyronedavisjr.com/2008/11/23/detecting-session-timeouts-using-a-aspnet-mvc-action-filter/) but even it was not hit when the session timed out. Surely the timeout must be session-side, but where? </p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know what exactly happens when an ASP.NET MVC application has a session timeout?</p>