If I unlock an encrypted wallet for 359711509437336256 or less seconds, I can sign transactions with it:

    $ bitcoin-cli walletpassphrase "$x" 359711509437336256
    $ echo $?
    0
    $ bitcoin-cli signrawtransaction $tx | grep complete
      "complete": true

But if I unlock it for 359711509437336257 or more seconds, it appears to have unlocked but I can't sign any transactions:

    $ bitcoin-cli walletpassphrase "$x" 359711509437336257
    $ echo $?
    0
    $ bitcoin-cli signrawtransaction $tx | grep complete
    error code: -13
    error message:
    Error: Please enter the wallet passphrase with walletpassphrase first.

I don't know the significance of that number. It's nowhere near a power of 2.

I was trying to unlock the wallet effectively "forever", so put a big number. If I use too big a number (2^63 or more) I get an error message `JSON integer out of range` but for numbers between 359711509437336257 and 2^63-1 inclusive I get no error, but no actual unlocking.
}
      else {
        RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {UniValue::VSTR, UniValue::VOBJ, UniValue::VBOOL});
        UniValue options = request.params[1];
        RPCTypeCheckObj(options,
            {
                {"changeAddress", UniValueType(UniValue::VSTR)},
                {"changePosition", UniValueType(UniValue::VNUM)},
                {"includeWatching", UniValueType(UniValue::VBOOL)},
                {"lockUnspents", UniValueType(UniValue::VBOOL)},
                {"reserveChangeKey", UniValueType(UniValue::VBOOL)}, 
                {"feeRate", UniValueType()}, 
                {"subtractFeeFromOutputs", UniValueType(UniValue::VARR)},
                {"replaceable", UniValueType(UniValue::VBOOL)},
                {"conf_target", UniValueType(UniValue::VNUM)},
                {"estimate_mode", UniValueType(UniValue::VSTR)},
            },
            true, true);
        if (options.exists("changeAddress")) {
            CTxDestination dest = DecodeDestination(options["changeAddress"].get_str());
            if (!IsValidDestination(dest)) {
                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "changeAddress must be a valid bitcoin address");
            }
            coinControl.destChange = dest;
        }
        if (options.exists("changePosition"))
            changePosition = options["changePosition"].get_int();
        if (options.exists("includeWatching"))
            coinControl.fAllowWatchOnly = options["includeWatching"].get_bool();
        if (options.exists("lockUnspents"))