Cookies

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_hjSessionUser_{site_id}

Cookie

- Set when a user first lands on a page.
- Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site.  Hotjar does not track users across different sites.
- Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.
- 365 days duration.
- JSON data type.

_hjid

Cookie

- This is an old cookie that we do not set anymore, but if a user has it unexpired in their browser, we will reuse its value and migrate to _hjSessionUser_{site_id}.

- Set when a user first lands on a page.

 - Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site.

- Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.

- 365 days duration.

- UUID data type.

_hjFirstSeen

Cookie

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjHasCachedUserAttributes

Cookie

- Enables us to know whether the data set in

- _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not.
Session duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjUserAttributesHash

Cookie

- Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated.

- 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds.

- Content hash data type.

_hjUserAttributes

Local storage item

- Stores User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API.

- No explicit expiration.

- Base64 encoded JSON data type.

hjViewportId

Session storage item

- Stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions.

- Session duration.

- UUID data type.

hjActiveViewportIds

Local storage item

- Stores user active viewports IDs.

- Stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialization.

- JSON data type

_hjSession_{site_id}

Cookie

- Holds current session data.

- Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session.

- 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity.

- JSON data type.

_hjSessionTooLarge

Cookie

- Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large.

- Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit.

- 1h duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjSessionResumed

Cookie

- Set when a session/recording is reconnected to

- Hotjar servers after a break in connection.

- Session duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjCookieTest

Cookie

- Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set.

- Deleted almost immediately after it is created.

- Under 100ms duration, cookie expiration time set to session duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjLocalStorageTest

Cookie

- Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage.

- If it can, a value of 1 is set.

- Data stored in _hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.

- Under 100ms duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjSessionStorageTest

Cookie

- Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use

- Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set.

- Data stored in _hjSessionStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.

- Under 100ms duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjIncludedInPageviewSample

Cookie

- Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.

- 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjIncludedInSessionSample_{site_id}

Cookie

- Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.

- 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

Cookie

- Used to detect the first pageview session of a user.

- 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjTLDTest

Cookie

- We try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails.

- Enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname.

- It means that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable).

- After this check, the cookie is removed.

- Session duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjRecordingEnabled

Session storage item

- Set when a Recording starts.

- Read when the Recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session.

- Session duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.

_hjRecordingLastActivity

Session storage item

- Updated when a user recording starts and when data is sent to the server (the user performs an action that Hotjar records).

- Session duration.

- Numerical value (timestamp) data type.

_hjClosedSurveyInvites

Cookie

- Set when a user interacts with a Link Survey invitation modal.

- Ensures the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown.

- 365 days duration.

- List of Survey IDs, URL encoded.

_hjDonePolls

Cookie

- Set when a user completes an on-site Survey.

- Ensures the same Survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in.

- 365 days duration.

- List of Survey IDs, URL encoded.

_hjMinimizedPolls

Cookie

- Set when a user minimizes an on-site Survey.

- Ensures that the Survey stays minimized when the user navigates through your site.

- 365 days duration.

- List of Survey IDs, URL encoded.

_hjShownFeedbackMessage

Cookie

- Set when a user minimizes or completes a Feedback widget.

- Ensures the Feedback widget will load as minimized if the user navigates to another page where it is set to show.

- One day duration.

- Boolean true/false data type.