Proxmox relies on accurate system time to manage sessions properly.
If your network blocks NTP (like mine does), here’s a quick fix to avoid web GUI session timeout.
Make sure your hardware clock is correct, run this in your pve node shell.
hwclock
Ensure system time is in sync with it:
date
Run these two commands to reset auth keys:
touch /etc/pve/authkey.pub
touch /etc/pve/authkey.pub.old
That’s it, your session issues should be resolved.