A conversation session represents the dialogue between the assistant and the user.
When a user begins the conversation with the assistant, the session starts.
The default session configuration looks like this:
session_config:
session_expiration_time: 60
carry_over_slots_to_new_session: true
We can override those values in domain.yml.
session_expiration_time defines the time of inactivity in minutes after which a new session will begin. In our case, if the user does not respond fo 60 minutes, a new session is created. Setting this to 0 means infinitely long session.
carry_over_slots_to_new_session: true means that filled slot values are persisted between sessions. Set to false to forget slots between sessions.
You can start a new session anytime by typing /session_start.
Setting carry_over_slots_to_new_session: false and typing /session_start saves us from restarting the rasa shell each time we want to start a new conversation.
You can learn more about sessions in the documentation.
In the next chapter, we will look at continuous integration using GitHub actions.
Repository for this tutorial:
You can checkout the state of the repository at the end of this tutorial by running:
git clone --branch 11-sessions git@github.com:petr7555/rasa-dev-tutorial.git
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