diff --git a/firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepository.kt b/firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepository.kt
index c33b4800005..ed2479646d8 100644
--- a/firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepository.kt
+++ b/firebase-sessions/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepository.kt
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ constructor(
     CoroutineScope(backgroundDispatcher).launch {
       try {
         sessionDataStore.updateData {
-          // TODO(mrober): Double check time makes sense?
           sessionData.copy(backgroundTime = timeProvider.currentTime())
         }
       } catch (ex: Exception) {
@@ -138,10 +137,17 @@ constructor(
                 currentSessionData.processDataMap
               }
 
+            val currentSession =
+              if (isColdStart) {
+                // For a cold start, do not keep the current session
+                null
+              } else {
+                currentSessionData.sessionDetails
+              }
+
             // This is an expression, and returns the updated session data
             if (isSessionExpired || isColdStart) {
-              val newSessionDetails =
-                sessionGenerator.generateNewSession(currentSessionData.sessionDetails)
+              val newSessionDetails = sessionGenerator.generateNewSession(currentSession)
               sessionFirelogPublisher.mayLogSession(sessionDetails = newSessionDetails)
               processDataManager.onSessionGenerated()
               currentSessionData.copy(
diff --git a/firebase-sessions/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepositoryTest.kt b/firebase-sessions/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepositoryTest.kt
index 38ab0ca37a4..5adc708e36b 100644
--- a/firebase-sessions/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepositoryTest.kt
+++ b/firebase-sessions/src/test/kotlin/com/google/firebase/sessions/SharedSessionRepositoryTest.kt
@@ -127,9 +127,7 @@ class SharedSessionRepositoryTest {
     fakeDataStore.close()
 
     assertThat(sharedSessionRepository.localSessionData.sessionDetails)
-      .isEqualTo(
-        SessionDetails(SESSION_ID_1, SESSION_ID_INIT, 1, fakeTimeProvider.currentTime().us)
-      )
+      .isEqualTo(SessionDetails(SESSION_ID_1, SESSION_ID_1, 0, fakeTimeProvider.currentTime().us))
   }
 
   @Test