[Resolved] php session files filling up tmp folder

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[puneetS-3]

I am hosting my site on digital ocean and have been facing issues with my tmp files.
When I look at the usage of inode spaces "df -i" on my server I see that the '/tmp' file is filled up 100%.

I have to manually delete it every day or else it fills up and website stops working with an error complaining no space.

I see these files.

'./sess_kkpd5gdummp87rjk18v4tup9re'
'./sess_ef26lsdupi3n0b6uk2gehuc8g9'
'./sess_kt4f4qa9rut0iu5ekgmubcpvj4'
'./sess_cahr55c4hf7dlc58g40njk7p9g'
'./sess_8uuebma0qvlt5i4074qk5e57gp'

And there are a huge number of these. While researching I found out that other custom development plugins like Pods and ACF can be the reason for these.

Example : https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-files-not-deleted/

As I am using toolset heavily on this website I wanted to be sure if toolset is not generating them.

Every 12 hours my /tmp file filled up by 50% so it has become kind of a daily task for me.

[Shane]

Hi Puneet,

Thank you for getting in touch.

I'm not aware of our Toolset generating any such temporary files so you shouldn't have any issues with temporary files being generated on your server by Toolset.

Thanks,
Shane