What is the best practice for terminated statement?

[thomasturrell]

The spec suggests monitoring the browser window for close (AKA unload) events, this is reasonable however it is not guaranteed.

I believe that the spec or best practice section should emphasise that sending the terminated statement on close unreliable.

Ref: MDN Web Docs Window: unload event

[brianjmiller]

Is there something not covered by:

Circumstances under which the AU may determine that the session is ending could include:

• Monitoring for browser window or application close events
• An AU defined user action for closing the AU session
• Other AU defined events such as a timeout from user inactivity

There is a certain point where basic development practices (like testing) can't all be enumerated by cmi5 best practices. There is just a point at which the level of fidelity of a given implementation is an acceptable differentiating factor (so long as they are still conforming to the requirements of the spec).

[thomasturrell]

Is there something not covered by:

Not that I can think of but maybe the order could be changed to put greater emphasis on An AU defined user action for closing the AU session (presumable using the returnURL).

In the wild, I'm seeing almost zero terminated statements, but I'm mindful of the fact that I do not have a huge sample.

[andyjohnson]

Per the 6/25/2021 call, could consider removing the paragraph that has the bad "best practice" in 7.1.2 of listening for close events as a recommendation for sending a Terminated statement.

[MrBillMcDonald]

(Review per June 3, 20220 meeting)