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What is session?
What is session?

Learn how we define session.

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Written by Kamil
Updated over a week ago

Session definition

A session is a set of the user’s interactions with a website within a timeframe.

The session begins when a user visits the website and does one of these things:

  • scrolls

  • moves a cursor

  • clicks something (on desktop)

  • taps something (on mobile)

One session can contain many clicks, scrolls, page views and other events. What’s more, one user can open multiple sessions, either within one day or over a longer time span.

These events are recorded as a part of a session:

  • mouse movements and clicks

  • mobile touches and taps

  • window resizing and scrolling

  • focusing and blurring elements

  • text selection

  • input value changes (if keystroke logging is enabled)

  • CSS changes

  • URL changes

  • DOM and Shadow DOM mutations

  • Console logs & errors (if console logging is enabled)

  • Network requests (if network logging is enabled)

Session on desktop device:

LiveSession Session Player

On the mobile:

LiveSession Session Player

How long does the session last?

When one session ends, another one can be started. By default, a session ends after 30 minutes of inactivity.

Let’s say a user, John, arrives on your website at 11:25 and does one of the actions mentioned above. If he doesn’t do anything after that, the session will end automatically at 11:55. If he continues to interact with the website and the last event takes place at 12:27, the session will end automatically at 12:57.

The session is set to expire after 30 minutes of inactivity. This means that:

  • If John leaves the page open, goes for a coffee break, and comes back 29 minutes later, it still counts as one session – just like he never left the website.

  • If John leaves the page open, goes for a coffee break, and comes back 31 minutes later, a new session starts. The landing page of that session is the last page of the previous session.

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