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current session

A current session is the login session that is active at the present time for a particular user account.

In plain English

A session is the period when an account is signed in and being used. “Current” means the one that is active right now for that specific account.

In context

Here, “current session” identifies the active login session for the account that corresponds to the device or browser being used now.

Situation
Checking sessions, devices, login history, and unusual access activity
What it communicates
labels the session that matches the device or browser now in use

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say how long the session has existed or whether any other sessions are also active for the same account.

Examples

“The account history lists earlier logins, but the current session is the one still active right now.”

Core meaning

“On the browser she is using now, the current session belongs to her work account.”

In context