feat: deterministic daily session ID for accurate DAU tracking#32
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…y + date) Replace the 4-hour sliding inactivity timeout with a deterministic session ID derived from the machine ID, app key, and UTC date. Same device + same app + same calendar day always produces the same session ID, enabling accurate DAU counting server-side. - Add machine-uid and sha2 dependencies - Extract tests into separate file (src/client/tests.rs) - Fix deprecated PanicInfo -> PanicHookInfo
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Summary
Replace the 4-hour sliding inactivity timeout with a deterministic session ID derived from
sha256(machine_id + app_key + utc_date).Problem
The current session mechanism uses a random ID with a 4-hour sliding window. This makes it impossible to accurately compute DAU/WAU/MAU server-side because:
Solution
machine-uidcrate to get a stable, cross-platform machine identifiersha2alongside the app key and UTC date to produce a deterministic session IDChanges
src/client.rs: Replacednew_session_id()(random) withcreate_session_id()(deterministic hash). Removedlast_touch_tssliding window. Session now tracksdateand rotates when UTC date changes.Cargo.toml: Addedmachine-uidandsha2dependencies.Server-side impact
DAU = count of distinct
sessionIdvalues per calendar day. Each maps to exactly one device on exactly one day.