---
title: "MainProcessSession"
description: "Captures sessions linked to the lifetime of the Electron main process. (default)"
url: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/javascript/guides/electron/configuration/integrations/mainprocesssession/
---

# MainProcessSession | Sentry for Electron

This integration captures sessions linked to the lifetime of the Electron main process. Capturing sessions makes it possible to show [release health](https://docs.sentry.io/product/releases/health.md) statistics in Sentry.

If you'd prefer to capture sessions linked to the focus of `BrowserWindow`, use the [BrowserWindowSession](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/javascript/guides/electron/configuration/integrations/browserwindowsession.md) integration in the renderer processes.

To disable sending sessions, filter the `MainProcessSession` from the default integrations:

```javascript
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/electron/main";

Sentry.init({
  dsn: "___PUBLIC_DSN___",
  integrations: (defaults) =>
    defaults.filter((i) => i.name !== "MainProcessSession"),
});
```

The default behavior is to only send sessions on error or when the main process ends. To send sessions when the main process is created, enable the `sendOnCreate` option.

```javascript
import * as Sentry from "@sentry/electron/main";

Sentry.init({
  dsn: "___PUBLIC_DSN___",
  integrations: [
    Sentry.mainProcessSessionIntegration({ sendOnCreate: true }),
  ],
});
```