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Page Events session duration meaning

  • February 10, 2026
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fsoffia
Netskope Partner

Hello all.

In SkopeIT > Page Events, I have some doubts about the meaning of “session - duration”.

For web traffic we have session duration great than 0 if we have some bytes exchanged and it’s value seems consistent with end - start interval.

 

For CloudApp traffic we have session duration values that differ greatly from end -start intervals

 

 

So what does session duration represent for each traffic type with respect to end - start interval ?

Thankyou

Francesco

 

Best answer by ejang

Hello,


For Cloud App traffic, the Start and End timestamps represent the first and last events observed for that connection ID, while Session Duration represents the cumulative processing time of the HTTP transactions handled by the proxy.

For Cloud App, normally the session can remain logically active for long periods due to background API calls or intermittent activity, even though the actual network processing time is relatively small.

This behavior is common with apps such as collaboration tools that maintain log logical session but only generate short bursts of traffic.

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ejang
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  • March 6, 2026

Hello,


For Cloud App traffic, the Start and End timestamps represent the first and last events observed for that connection ID, while Session Duration represents the cumulative processing time of the HTTP transactions handled by the proxy.

For Cloud App, normally the session can remain logically active for long periods due to background API calls or intermittent activity, even though the actual network processing time is relatively small.

This behavior is common with apps such as collaboration tools that maintain log logical session but only generate short bursts of traffic.


fsoffia
Netskope Partner
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  • March 9, 2026

@ejang Thankyou for your clear response.

 

Francesco


ejang
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  • March 9, 2026

You’re welcome. I’m glad it was helpful.