Para manter sua sessão de webapp aberta:
storage:
class: sfSessionStorage
param:
session_name: symfony
session_cookie_lifetime: 86400 # seconds
Saiba mais em:
PHP: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7077518/ios-full-screen-web-app-drops-cookies
Symfony1: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14381306/symfony-1-4-cookie-issue