Managing sessions
How to create, switch, rename, delete, and cloud-sync mixer sessions — plus what happens when a mix was started without a group.
A session holds your roster, game history, and settings for one mixer context — one night, one group, one court setup. Keep several around at once, hop between them without losing anything, and (if you're logged in) back them up to the cloud.
Opening the Sessions modal
The header has two buttons side by side: Sessions and New. Sessions opens the full modal where you can browse, switch, rename, delete, and manage cloud sync. New creates a fresh session immediately — no modal required. Both are visible on every page of the mixer.
What the modal shows
The modal has up to two sections.
Your Sessions lists every session stored locally on this device for your active group. The active one appears first with an "Active" badge. Each card shows the session name, player count, highest game number reached, the last mix time, and the last time you opened it. Up to five player names appear inline; tap "+ N more" to see the full roster.
Available in Cloud (logged-in organizers only) shows cloud sessions not yet downloaded to this device. You can load and activate one directly from there.
A counter in the "Your Sessions" header shows how many sessions you have locally and in the cloud against the per-group limit. When you're logged in, a cloud count like "☁️ 2/3" sits next to the local count.
Creating a session
Click + New inside the modal — or the New button in the header — to start fresh. If you're already at the session limit, the new session replaces the oldest one; the modal warns you before proceeding.
Each new session opens blank: no players, no games. Your current Mixer settings (court count, algorithm weights) carry over by default, and a confirmation dialog lets you reset them to defaults instead.
Switching between sessions
Click Activate on any non-active session card. The mixer swaps to that session's roster and game history immediately — your previous session stays saved. Cloud-only sessions show Load & Activate instead, which downloads the session and makes it active in one step.
Renaming and deleting
Click the pencil icon (✏️) on any local session card to rename it. The name field becomes editable; press Enter or click away to save, Escape to discard.
Each card also has a 🗑️ button. For local sessions it removes from this device; for cloud-only sessions it deletes the cloud copy after a confirmation. Deletion is permanent.
Cloud sync (logged-in organizers)
When you're logged in with an active group, the active session's card gains two buttons:
- ☁️ Save — pushes your current session to the cloud. If you've hit the cloud limit, you'll be asked which older session gets replaced.
- 🔄 Refresh — pulls the cloud version down and overwrites your local copy. A confirmation warns you that local changes will be lost.
Cloud sessions not accessed in 30 or more days are automatically removed; the notice at the bottom of the modal reminds you of this.
Sessions created while logged out carry a "No Group" badge. They aren't counted against the group limit and won't sync until you move them into a group (see below).
The "This mix isn't in a group" prompt
Mixing while logged out — or before your active group loaded — leaves the session with no group attached. The next time you open the mixer logged in with a group active, a prompt appears: This mix isn't in a group. Three choices:
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Move it into your group | Stamps the session with your active group. Players get name-matched against that group's roster; games will count toward its ratings. |
| Trash it and start a new mix | Deletes the ungrouped session and creates a fresh blank one for your active group. |
| Leave it ungrouped | Does nothing now. The prompt won't reappear for this session. Switch to the group you want first — that's the one its players and games will be saved into. |
Empty ungrouped sessions are left alone (harmless). The prompt only fires when the session has players.
Opening the Sessions modal directly
Add ?openSessions=1 to the mixer URL — useful in a bookmark or a dashboard link — and the Sessions modal opens automatically after the page loads. The parameter is stripped from the address bar so a later refresh won't re-open it.
The "Leave site?" prompt
Navigating to an external site while a session is open triggers a "Leave site?" confirmation. Internal links — the dashboard, your group pages, anything on the same domain — skip it entirely. Your session auto-saves to local storage on every change, so even if you do leave, roster and game history are waiting when you come back.
If your login expires mid-session
Before each Mix, the app checks that your login is still active (when a group is attached). If the server returns a 401, you see a Session Expired alert and are redirected to the login screen. Your local session data stays intact — log back in, return to the Mixer, and everything picks up where it left off. Anonymous (no-group) mixing is unaffected.
Active group changed in another tab
The Mixer binds itself to the group active when you first mixed or saved. If you switch groups in another tab, the mixer detects the mismatch the next time you click Mix or open score entry:
| Choice | What happens |
|---|---|
| Switch back | Flips the active group back to the one this mixer is bound to. You stay in the same session and mix as normal. |
| Move here | Re-stamps this session to the newly active group. Roster and game history are preserved; scores and ratings count toward the new group. |
| Cancel | Aborts the current action. The session stays bound to the original group; switch groups via the picker before trying again. |
The prompt is suppressed when you're offline or in offline mix mode.
What's next
- Back up offline-mode sessions via cloud sync — see Offline play.
- Adjust court count and algorithm settings — see Mixer settings reference.
- Manage your roster of players — see Roster management.