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change_type: breaking
component: session
note: Move `session.id` and `session.previous_id` from body fields to event attributes, and yamlize `session.start` and `session.end` events.
issues: [1845]
subtext: >
As part of the ongoing migration of event fields from LogRecord body to extended/complex attributes, the
`session.start` and `session.end` events have been redefined.
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When a session reaches end of life, typically due to user inactivity or session timeout, a new session identifier
will be assigned. The previous session identifier may be provided by the instrumentation so that telemetry
backends can link the two sessions (see [Session Start Event](#session-start-event) below).
backends can link the two sessions (see [Session Start Event](#event-sessionstart) below).

## Attributes

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## Session Events

### Session Start Event
## Event: `session.start`

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The event name MUST be `session.start`.

[EventName](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/v1.41.0/specification/logs/data-model.md#field-eventname) MUST be`session.start`
Indicates that a new session has been started, optionally linking to the prior session.

For instrumentation that tracks user behavior during user sessions, a `session.start` event MUST be emitted every time a session is created. When a new session is created as a continuation of a prior session, the `session.previous_id` SHOULD be included in the event. The values of `session.id` and `session.previous_id` MUST be different.
When the `session.start` event contains both `session.id` and `session.previous_id` fields, the event indicates that the previous session has ended. If the session ID in `session.previous_id` has not yet ended via explicit `session.end` event, then the consumer SHOULD treat this continuation event as semantically equivalent to `session.end(session.previous_id)` and `session.start(session.id)`.

| Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [`session.id`](/docs/attributes-registry/session.md) | string | The ID of the new session being started. | `00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff` | `Required` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
| [`session.previous_id`](/docs/attributes-registry/session.md) | string | The previous `session.id` for this user, when known. | `00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff` | `Conditionally Required` [1] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |

**[1] `session.previous_id`:** If the new session is being created as a continuation of a previous session, the `session.previous_id` SHOULD be included in the event. The `session.id` and `session.previous_id` attributes MUST have different values.

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For instrumentation that tracks user behavior during user sessions, a `session.start` event MUST be emitted
every time a session is created. When a new session is created as a continuation of a prior session,
the `session.previous_id` SHOULD be included in the event. The values of `session.id` and `session.previous_id`
MUST be different.
## Event: `session.end`

When the `session.start` event contains both `session.id` and `session.previous_id` fields, the event then implies
that the previous session has ended. If the session ID in `session.previous_id` has not yet ended via explicit
`session.end` event, then the consumer SHOULD treat this continuation event as semantically equivalent to
`session.end(session.previous_id)` and `session.start(session.id)`.
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| Body field | Type | Description | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [`session.id`](/docs/attributes-registry/session.md) | string | The ID of the new session being started. | `Required` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
| [`session.previous_id`](/docs/attributes-registry/session.md) | string | The previous `session.id` for this user, when known. | `Conditionally Required` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
**Status:** ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue)

### Session End Event
The event name MUST be `session.end`.

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Indicates that a session has ended.

[EventName](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/v1.41.0/specification/logs/data-model.md#field-eventname) MUST be `session.end`
For instrumentation that tracks user behavior during user sessions, a `session.end` event SHOULD be emitted every time a session ends. When a session ends and continues as a new session, this event SHOULD be emitted prior to the `session.start` event.

For instrumentation that tracks user behavior during user sessions, a `session.end` event SHOULD be emitted
every time a session ends. When a session ends and continues as a new session, this event SHOULD be
emitted prior to the `session.start` event.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [`session.id`](/docs/attributes-registry/session.md) | string | The ID of the session being ended. | `00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff` | `Required` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |

| Body field | Type | Description | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [`session.id`](/docs/attributes-registry/session.md) | string | The ID of the new session being ended. | `Required` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
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groups:
- id: event.session.start
stability: development
type: event
name: session.start
brief: >
Indicates that a new session has been started, optionally linking to the prior session.
note: >
For instrumentation that tracks user behavior during user sessions, a `session.start` event MUST be emitted
every time a session is created. When a new session is created as a continuation of a prior session,
the `session.previous_id` SHOULD be included in the event. The values of `session.id` and `session.previous_id`
MUST be different.

When the `session.start` event contains both `session.id` and `session.previous_id` fields, the event indicates
that the previous session has ended. If the session ID in `session.previous_id` has not yet ended via explicit
`session.end` event, then the consumer SHOULD treat this continuation event as semantically equivalent to
`session.end(session.previous_id)` and `session.start(session.id)`.
attributes:
- ref: session.id
requirement_level: required
brief: The ID of the new session being started.
- ref: session.previous_id
requirement_level:
conditionally_required: >
If the new session is being created as a continuation of a previous session,
the `session.previous_id` SHOULD be included in the event. The `session.id` and `session.previous_id`
attributes MUST have different values.
brief: The previous `session.id` for this user, when known.
- id: event.session.end
stability: development
type: event
name: session.end
brief: >
Indicates that a session has ended.
note: >
For instrumentation that tracks user behavior during user sessions, a `session.end` event SHOULD be emitted
every time a session ends. When a session ends and continues as a new session, this event SHOULD be
emitted prior to the `session.start` event.
attributes:
- ref: session.id
requirement_level: required
brief: The ID of the session being ended.