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Bug 27767 - Unclear what a valid session ID is
Summary: Unclear what a valid session ID is
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebDriver (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Browser Testing and Tools WG
QA Contact: Browser Testing and Tools WG
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Reported: 2015-01-06 15:37 UTC by Andreas Tolfsen
Modified: 2015-01-06 15:38 UTC (History)
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Description Andreas Tolfsen 2015-01-06 15:37:32 UTC 
It's not defined in the spec what a valid local end-provided session ID is.  Because section 2.1 says it defaults to null, which is distinguishable from undefined (i.e. not set), it follows that it cannot be null.  This needs to be defined.

(In my opinion we should change it so that sessionId to Command should be left undefined, that is optional.  This would save the remote from having to do an explicit null check and would fix this bug because whatever value is passed in, even the null value, is what is used.)
Comment 1 Andreas Tolfsen 2015-01-06 15:38:23 UTC 
See also bug 27766, and possibly bug 27765.