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title: Review sessions
description: Find a session, read its trace, and open the full transcript with an audit trail.
---

_[console.superalign.ai/sessions](https://console.superalign.ai/sessions)_

## Before you begin

- Session recording is on for at least one tool. See [Prompt collectors](/surface/extensions/endpoint/prompt-collectors/overview).
- You have the Owner, Admin, or Viewer role. Members only see sessions from their own laptop.

| Column | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| **Session ID** | A unique code. Hover to copy |
| **Session Tags** | Warnings found in the conversation by the [conversation rules](/surface/risk/policies#rules-for-conversations), colored by severity |
| **Source Asset** | The tool the session came from |
| **Hostname** | The laptop and person. Click to open the laptop |
| **Messages** | Number of messages |
| **Est. Cost** | Estimated cost in dollars |

Search by text or paste a session ID. Filter by tool or laptop.

## The trace

Click a session. You see a timeline: when the person spoke, when the AI ran tools, but **not** the message text.

The panel on the right shows:

- **Information**: tool, model, cost, message count, laptop, and tags. Each tag has a **View** link that scrolls to the matching turn.
- **Execution**: the MCP servers, skills, and tools the AI used, with call counts and a link to each one in Inventory.

## The transcript

1. **Fetch the session**

    Click **Fetch Session** in the right panel, or press `S`.

2. **Confirm**

    The window shows the session ID and the person, and reminds you that this will be recorded. Click **Fetch session**.

3. **Read**

    The full conversation opens, with **USER**, **ASSISTANT**, **SYSTEM**, and **TOOL** messages.

Every transcript view is written to the [Audit log](/surface/admin/audit-log). A transcript cannot be reached by typing a web address; refreshing the page returns to the trace.

## Sessions for one laptop or one tool

- A laptop's **Sessions** tab on [Endpoints](/surface/console/endpoints) shows its last 7 days of sessions, tokens, and cost.
- A tool's panel in [Inventory](/surface/console/inventory) shows how many sessions came from it, with a link to the filtered list.

## Next steps

- [AI usage](/surface/sessions/ai-usage) for spend and top adopters
- [Policies](/surface/risk/policies#rules-for-conversations) for where session tags come from
- [Audit log](/surface/admin/audit-log) to see who opened which transcript