# StageSession
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A stage session begins when the first participant joins a stage and ends after the last participant leaves the stage. A stage session helps with debugging stages by grouping events and participants into shorter periods of time (i.e., a session), which is helpful when stages are used over long periods of time.

## Contents
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 ** endTime **   <a name="ivsrealtimeeapireference-Type-StageSession-endTime"></a>
ISO 8601 timestamp (returned as a string) when the stage session ended. This is null if the stage is active.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** sessionId **   <a name="ivsrealtimeeapireference-Type-StageSession-sessionId"></a>
ID of the session within the stage.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Fixed length of 16.  
Pattern: `st-[a-zA-Z0-9]+`   
Required: No

 ** startTime **   <a name="ivsrealtimeeapireference-Type-StageSession-startTime"></a>
 ISO 8601 timestamp (returned as a string) when this stage session began.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ivs-realtime-2020-07-14/StageSession) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ivs-realtime-2020-07-14/StageSession) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ivs-realtime-2020-07-14/StageSession)