When a user arrives at your site a 30 minute timer starts. Those 30 minutes count as a session.
A user may go to any page they want in that interval and it will count as the same session.
In most cases, a session will likely be the same as a visit!
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Technical Details
A session lasts 30 min - for this, a session pixel is set in the browser cache (see screenshot).
This pixel is set per settings ID and the browser then retrieves it from the cache.
When 30 minutes have passed, the pixel expires. The session has expired.
Each time a user revisits the website after 30 minutes, a new session is counted.
If a user browses a website for more than 30 minutes but does not cause the website to reload, a new session is not counted.
Single Page Applications: once the first session expires after 30 minutes and another page load occurs, we count a new session. If the user browses longer, but no reload of the page is triggered, no new session is counted.