Manual:$wgSessionCacheType

Details
The cache type for storing session data. From MediaWiki 1.20 to 1.26, it is used only if   is true, otherwise MediaWiki falls back to standard PHP session handling. From MediaWiki 1.27, this other configuration parameter is always considered as true.

For available types see  .

For proper operation this must be set to a persistent cache, and if there are multiple servers that might serve a single client's requests the cache must be shared by all of them.

If   is set to  and this is left at its default , the cache used may not meet these requirements.

The solution is to set this to an appropriate cache, such as.

Note that if   is used then users cannot log in when the respective wiki's database was locked with e.g.  .