> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.velatir.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Understanding Sessions

> Sessions group related traces into a complete interaction, your main view into AI activity.

## What Is a Session?

A session is a complete AI interaction. When someone chats with an AI assistant, runs a multi-step automation, or uses an AI-powered tool, Velatir captures the whole exchange as a session.

Sessions are the main way you monitor AI usage. Each session contains one or more **traces**, the individual requests, responses, and events that make up the interaction.

## How Sessions Work

<Steps>
  <Step title="An interaction begins" icon="play">
    Someone starts using an AI service, for example opening a conversation or triggering an AI-powered workflow.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Traces are captured" icon="activity">
    Each request, response, and event is captured as a trace and grouped into the session automatically.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Agents review each trace" icon="shield-check">
    As traces arrive, your active agents review each one. The session view shows the overall state and highlights anything that was flagged.
  </Step>

  <Step title="The session reflects its traces" icon="refresh-cw">
    The session shows when a trace needs attention, such as one escalated for review, and settles once it is resolved.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Viewing Sessions

In the dashboard, open **Sessions** to see activity across your workspaces.

* Filter by service, status, origin, and more, and save views you return to often.
* Open a session to see its traces in order.
* Select a trace to see each agent's assessment and the outcome.

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<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Traces" icon="activity" href="/traces/traces">
    Trace directions, details, and outcomes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Trace lifecycle" icon="refresh-cw" href="/traces/trace-lifecycle">
    Follow a trace from capture to final state.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>