diff --git a/api/types/constants.go b/api/types/constants.go
index 680a573e3eb72..087914dbdd045 100644
--- a/api/types/constants.go
+++ b/api/types/constants.go
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ const (
 	// KindSession is a recorded SSH session.
 	KindSession = "session"
 
-	// KindSSHSession is an active SSH session.
+	// KindSSHSession represents an active SSH session in early versions of Teleport
+	// prior to the introduction of moderated sessions. Note that ssh_session is not
+	// a "real" resource, and it is never used as the "session kind" value in the
+	// session_tracker resource.
 	KindSSHSession = "ssh_session"
 
 	// KindWebSession is a web session resource
diff --git a/api/types/session_tracker.go b/api/types/session_tracker.go
index 9456e1ad3691b..db07ea2578db5 100644
--- a/api/types/session_tracker.go
+++ b/api/types/session_tracker.go
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ import (
 // SessionKind is a type of session.
 type SessionKind string
 
+// These represent the possible values for the kind field in session trackers.
 const (
+	// SSHSessionKind is the kind used for session tracking with the
+	// session_tracker resource used in Teleport 9+. Note that it is
+	// different from the legacy [types.KindSSHSession] value that was
+	// used prior to the introduction of moderated sessions.
 	SSHSessionKind            SessionKind = "ssh"
 	KubernetesSessionKind     SessionKind = "k8s"
 	DatabaseSessionKind       SessionKind = "db"
diff --git a/lib/auth/auth_with_roles.go b/lib/auth/auth_with_roles.go
index 761418ef63cb0..67935de767277 100644
--- a/lib/auth/auth_with_roles.go
+++ b/lib/auth/auth_with_roles.go
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ func (a *ServerWithRoles) CreateSessionTracker(ctx context.Context, tracker type
 	return tracker, nil
 }
 
-func (a *ServerWithRoles) filterSessionTracker(ctx context.Context, joinerRoles []types.Role, tracker types.SessionTracker, verb string) bool {
+func (a *ServerWithRoles) filterSessionTracker(joinerRoles []types.Role, tracker types.SessionTracker, verb string) bool {
 	// Apply RFD 45 RBAC rules to the session if it's SSH.
 	// This is a bit of a hack. It converts to the old legacy format
 	// which we don't have all data for, luckily the fields we don't have aren't made available
 	// to the RBAC filter anyway.
-	if tracker.GetKind() == types.KindSSHSession {
+	if tracker.GetSessionKind() == types.SSHSessionKind {
 		ruleCtx := &services.Context{User: a.context.User}
 		ruleCtx.SSHSession = &session.Session{
 			Kind:           tracker.GetSessionKind(),
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func (a *ServerWithRoles) GetSessionTracker(ctx context.Context, sessionID strin
 		return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
-	ok := a.filterSessionTracker(ctx, joinerRoles, tracker, types.VerbRead)
+	ok := a.filterSessionTracker(joinerRoles, tracker, types.VerbRead)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, trace.NotFound("session %v not found", sessionID)
 	}
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func (a *ServerWithRoles) GetActiveSessionTrackers(ctx context.Context) ([]types
 	}
 
 	for _, sess := range sessions {
-		ok := a.filterSessionTracker(ctx, joinerRoles, sess, types.VerbList)
+		ok := a.filterSessionTracker(joinerRoles, sess, types.VerbList)
 		if ok {
 			filteredSessions = append(filteredSessions, sess)
 		}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func (a *ServerWithRoles) GetActiveSessionTrackersWithFilter(ctx context.Context
 	}
 
 	for _, sess := range sessions {
-		ok := a.filterSessionTracker(ctx, joinerRoles, sess, types.VerbList)
+		ok := a.filterSessionTracker(joinerRoles, sess, types.VerbList)
 		if ok {
 			filteredSessions = append(filteredSessions, sess)
 		}
diff --git a/lib/auth/auth_with_roles_test.go b/lib/auth/auth_with_roles_test.go
index 1374de4f74621..880f8e31395cd 100644
--- a/lib/auth/auth_with_roles_test.go
+++ b/lib/auth/auth_with_roles_test.go
@@ -6291,7 +6291,41 @@ func TestGetActiveSessionTrackers(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		return getActiveSessionsTestCase{"no access with match expression", tracker, role, false}
-	}()}
+	}(), func() getActiveSessionsTestCase {
+		tracker, err := types.NewSessionTracker(types.SessionTrackerSpecV1{
+			SessionID: "1",
+			Kind:      string(types.SSHSessionKind),
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		role, err := types.NewRoleWithVersion("dev", types.V3, types.RoleSpecV6{
+			Allow: types.RoleConditions{
+				AppLabels:        types.Labels{"*": []string{"*"}},
+				DatabaseLabels:   types.Labels{"*": []string{"*"}},
+				KubernetesLabels: types.Labels{"*": []string{"*"}},
+				KubernetesResources: []types.KubernetesResource{
+					{Kind: types.KindKubePod, Name: "*", Namespace: "*", Verbs: []string{"*"}},
+				},
+				NodeLabels:           types.Labels{"*": []string{"*"}},
+				NodeLabelsExpression: `contains(user.spec.traits["cluster_ids"], labels["cluster_id"]) || contains(user.spec.traits["sub"], labels["owner"])`,
+				Logins:               []string{"{{external.sub}}"},
+				WindowsDesktopLabels: types.Labels{"cluster_id": []string{"{{external.cluster_ids}}"}},
+				WindowsDesktopLogins: []string{"{{external.sub}}", "{{external.windows_logins}}"},
+			},
+			Deny: types.RoleConditions{
+				Rules: []types.Rule{
+					{
+						Resources: []string{types.KindDatabaseServer, types.KindAppServer, types.KindSession, types.KindSSHSession, types.KindKubeService, types.KindSessionTracker},
+						Verbs:     []string{"list", "read"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		return getActiveSessionsTestCase{"filter bug v3 role", tracker, role, false}
+	}(),
+	}
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {