diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/epam/pipeline/controller/user/SessionController.java b/api/src/main/java/com/epam/pipeline/controller/user/SessionController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6191b3ae5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/epam/pipeline/controller/user/SessionController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 EPAM Systems, Inc. (https://www.epam.com/)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.epam.pipeline.controller.user;
+
+import com.epam.pipeline.controller.AbstractRestController;
+import com.epam.pipeline.controller.Result;
+import com.epam.pipeline.security.jwt.JwtAuthenticationToken;
+import io.swagger.annotations.Api;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContext;
+import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+
+@RestController
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Api(value = "Session API")
+public class SessionController extends AbstractRestController {
+
+
+    @GetMapping(value = "/session")
+    public Result<String> startSession(final HttpSession session,
+                                       final @RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "1800") Integer duration) {
+        final SecurityContext context = SecurityContextHolder.getContext();
+        final Authentication credentials = context.getAuthentication();
+        if (credentials instanceof JwtAuthenticationToken) {
+            ((JwtAuthenticationToken)credentials).prolong(duration);
+        }
+        session.setAttribute("SPRING_SECURITY_CONTEXT", context);
+        return Result.success(session.getId());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/epam/pipeline/security/jwt/JwtAuthenticationToken.java b/api/src/main/java/com/epam/pipeline/security/jwt/JwtAuthenticationToken.java
index 02589e45f8..d73310e5eb 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/epam/pipeline/security/jwt/JwtAuthenticationToken.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/epam/pipeline/security/jwt/JwtAuthenticationToken.java
@@ -79,4 +79,8 @@ public void eraseCredentials() {
         super.eraseCredentials();
         this.jwtRawToken = null;
     }
+
+    public void prolong(final int seconds) {
+        this.tokenExpiration = DateTime.now().plusSeconds(seconds).toDate();
+    }
 }