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Session Replay: make recording-list filter results understandable and reliable

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Since Sep 18, 2026.

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Description

Why

People use the Replay list to find a recording to watch. Today, the experience can feel unreliable even when individual filters and recordings are behaving as designed. Existing GitHub issues and internal Support reports describe parts of this; this issue groups them by what people experience.

Experience groups

1. Unexpected recordings in results

“I filtered for X, but these recordings do not look like X.”

Support:

Related GitHub issues:

  • #83499
  • #33113
2. Expected recordings are missing

“I know this recording exists, but I cannot find it in the list.”

Support:

Related GitHub issues:

  • #91388
  • #32533
  • #55410
3. The same search feels inconsistent

“The same filters give a different-looking answer between people, times, or list states.”

Support:

4. I cannot use the search result

“The search fails, the result does not open, or it does not take me to the moment I need.”

Support:

Related GitHub issue:

  • #46077

Scope

This is an experience-level umbrella. It does not assume that the groups have one cause or require one shared solution.

Desired outcome

A person can use Replay search and filters to find a recording to watch, understand the result they receive, and tell when an expected recording is unavailable.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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