How sessions are counted without cookies (30-minute gap)
How visits are grouped, and how conversions are counted.
How a session is defined#
- A session is one visitor's activity until they stop for more than 30 minutes. Reloads and new tabs stay in the same session.
- Sessions are worked out on the server from the anonymous daily visitor ID. Nothing is written to the browser: no cookies, no localStorage.
- A session with a single event (one page viewed, nothing else) is a bounce.
Conversions#
Pick the event that means success (for example checkout_completed) in your app’s Settings. The Sessions tab then marks every session that reaches it as converted.
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