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Implement new cold app start detection heuristic (#6950)
Implement new cold app start detection heuristic. This is just the reading part, and all the scaffolding. Next step will be to start writing the process data map. Tested by unit tests and manual testing with the sessions test app
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‎firebase-sessions/CHANGELOG.md‎

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# Unreleased
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* [changed] Use multi-process DataStore instead of Preferences DataStore
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* [changed] Update the heuristic to detect cold app starts
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# 2.1.1
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* [unchanged] Updated to keep SDK versions aligned.
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## Kotlin
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The Kotlin extensions library transitively includes the updated
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`firebase-sessions` library. The Kotlin extensions library has no additional
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updates.
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# 2.1.0
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* [changed] Add warning for known issue b/328687152
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* [changed] Use Dagger for dependency injection

‎firebase-sessions/firebase-sessions.gradle.kts‎

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testLab.enabled = true
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publishJavadoc = false
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releaseNotes { enabled.set(false) }
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releaseNotes {
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enabled = false
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hasKTX = false
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}
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}
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android {

‎firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/FirebaseSessionsComponent.kt‎

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@Singleton
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fun sharedSessionRepository(impl: SharedSessionRepositoryImpl): SharedSessionRepository
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@Binds @Singleton fun processDataManager(impl: ProcessDataManagerImpl): ProcessDataManager
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companion object {
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private const val TAG = "FirebaseSessions"
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‎firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/ProcessDataManager.kt‎

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/*
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* Copyright 2025 Google LLC
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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package com.google.firebase.sessions
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import android.content.Context
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import android.os.Process
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import javax.inject.Inject
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import javax.inject.Singleton
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/** Manage process data, used for detecting cold app starts. */
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internal interface ProcessDataManager {
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/** An in-memory uuid to uniquely identify this instance of this process. */
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val myUuid: String
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/** Checks if this is a cold app start, meaning all processes in the mapping table are stale. */
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fun isColdStart(processDataMap: Map<String, ProcessData>): Boolean
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/** Call to notify the process data manager that a session has been generated. */
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fun onSessionGenerated()
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/** Update the mapping of the current processes with data about this process. */
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fun updateProcessDataMap(processDataMap: Map<String, ProcessData>?): Map<String, ProcessData>
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/** Generate a new mapping of process data with the current process only. */
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fun generateProcessDataMap() = updateProcessDataMap(mapOf())
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}
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/** Manage process data, used for detecting cold app starts. */
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@Singleton
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internal class ProcessDataManagerImpl
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@Inject
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constructor(private val appContext: Context, private val uuidGenerator: UuidGenerator) :
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ProcessDataManager {
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override val myUuid: String by lazy { uuidGenerator.next().toString() }
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private val myProcessName: String by lazy {
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ProcessDetailsProvider.getCurrentProcessDetails(appContext).processName
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}
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private var hasGeneratedSession: Boolean = false
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override fun isColdStart(processDataMap: Map<String, ProcessData>): Boolean {
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if (hasGeneratedSession) {
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// This process has been notified that a session was generated, so cannot be a cold start
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return false
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}
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return ProcessDetailsProvider.getAppProcessDetails(appContext)
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.mapNotNull { processDetails ->
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processDataMap[processDetails.processName]?.let { processData ->
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Pair(processDetails, processData)
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}
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}
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.all { (processDetails, processData) -> isProcessStale(processDetails, processData) }
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}
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override fun onSessionGenerated() {
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hasGeneratedSession = true
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}
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override fun updateProcessDataMap(
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processDataMap: Map<String, ProcessData>?
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): Map<String, ProcessData> =
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processDataMap
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?.toMutableMap()
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?.apply { this[myProcessName] = ProcessData(Process.myPid(), myUuid) }
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?.toMap()
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?: mapOf(myProcessName to ProcessData(Process.myPid(), myUuid))
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/**
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* Returns true if the process is stale, meaning the persisted process data does not match the
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* running process details.
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*/
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private fun isProcessStale(
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runningProcessDetails: ProcessDetails,
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persistedProcessData: ProcessData,
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): Boolean =
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if (myProcessName == runningProcessDetails.processName) {
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runningProcessDetails.pid != persistedProcessData.pid || myUuid != persistedProcessData.uuid
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} else {
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runningProcessDetails.pid != persistedProcessData.pid
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}
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}

‎firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SessionData.kt‎

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@Serializable
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internal data class SessionData(
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val sessionDetails: SessionDetails,
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val backgroundTime: Time? = null
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val backgroundTime: Time? = null,
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val processDataMap: Map<String, ProcessData>? = null,
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/** Data about a process, for persistence. */
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@Serializable internal data class ProcessData(val pid: Int, val uuid: String)
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/** DataStore json [Serializer] for [SessionData]. */
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@Singleton
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internal class SessionDataSerializer
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@Inject
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constructor(
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private val sessionGenerator: SessionGenerator,
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private val timeProvider: TimeProvider,
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) : Serializer<SessionData> {
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constructor(private val sessionGenerator: SessionGenerator) : Serializer<SessionData> {
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override val defaultValue: SessionData
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get() = SessionData(sessionGenerator.generateNewSession(currentSession = null))
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‎firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepository.kt‎

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private val sessionFirelogPublisher: SessionFirelogPublisher,
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private val sessionDataStore: DataStore<SessionData>,
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private val processDataManager: ProcessDataManager,
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/** Local copy of the session data. Can get out of sync, must be double-checked in datastore. */
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init {
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backgroundTime = null,
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"Init session datastore failed with exception message: ${it.message}. Emit fallback session ${newSession.sessionDetails.sessionId}"
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"Init session datastore failed with exception message: ${it.message}. Emit fallback session ${newSession.sessionDetails.sessionId}",
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private fun shouldInitiateNewSession(sessionData: SessionData): Boolean {
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val interval = timeProvider.currentTime() - backgroundTime
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if (interval > sessionsSettings.sessionRestartTimeout) {
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‎firebase-sessions/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/ProcessDataManagerTest.kt‎

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/*
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* Copyright 2025 Google LLC
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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package com.google.firebase.sessions
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import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
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import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
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import com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp
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import com.google.firebase.sessions.testing.FakeFirebaseApp
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import com.google.firebase.sessions.testing.FakeRunningAppProcessInfo
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import com.google.firebase.sessions.testing.FakeUuidGenerator
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import com.google.firebase.sessions.testing.FakeUuidGenerator.Companion.UUID_1
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import com.google.firebase.sessions.testing.FakeUuidGenerator.Companion.UUID_2
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import org.junit.After
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import org.junit.Test
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import org.junit.runner.RunWith
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@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
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internal class ProcessDataManagerTest {
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@Test
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fun isColdStart_myProcess() {
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val appContext = FakeFirebaseApp().firebaseApp.applicationContext
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val processDataManager = ProcessDataManagerImpl(appContext, FakeUuidGenerator(UUID_1))
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processDataManager.isColdStart(mapOf(MY_PROCESS_NAME to ProcessData(MY_PID, UUID_1)))
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assertThat(coldStart).isFalse()
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}
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fun isColdStart_myProcessCurrent_otherProcessCurrent() {
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val appContext =
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fun isColdStart_staleProcessPid() {
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}
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fun isColdStart_staleProcessUuid() {
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}
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}

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