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.
{
    
    int nMinDepth = 1;
    if (!params[0].isNull())
        nMinDepth = params[0].get_int();
    
    bool fIncludeEmpty = false;
    if (!params[1].isNull())
        fIncludeEmpty = params[1].get_bool();
    isminefilter filter = ISMINE_SPENDABLE;
    if(!params[2].isNull())
        if(params[2].get_bool())
            filter = filter | ISMINE_WATCH_ONLY;
    
    std::map<CTxDestination, tallyitem> mapTally;
    for (const std::pair<uint256, CWalletTx>& pairWtx : pwallet->mapWallet) {
        const CWalletTx& wtx = pairWtx.second;
        if (wtx.IsCoinBase() || !CheckFinalTx(*wtx.tx))
            continue;
        int nDepth = wtx.GetDepthInMainChain();
        if (nDepth < nMinDepth)
            continue;
        for (const CTxOut& txout : wtx.tx->vout)
        {
            CTxDestination address;
            if (!ExtractDestination(txout.scriptPubKey, address))