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the `isNew` boolean inside `SessionStatus` class, is this a 100% guarantee the user is really new? meaning the supabase user database has no record for this user? Meaning if i sign in from a different platform (eg ios) and then sign in with same account on android the isNew will return false? Even when the session on that device is 'new' (no local storage)

`/**`
         `* Whether the session is new, i.e. [source] is [SessionSource.SignIn], [SessionSource.SignUp] or [SessionSource.External].`
         `* Use this to determine whether this status is the result of a new sign in or sign up or just a session refresh.`
         `*/`
        `val isNew: Boolean = source is SessionSource.SignIn || source is SessionSource.SignUp || source is SessionSource.External`

this is what the docs, i want to rely user purchase actions on this boolean, so its important its always correct :slightly_smiling_face:

or how else would you verify if the current user has no previous record

so not sure if I understand, what do you mean by no previous record?

example

user A signs in on android device for first time. Purchases a digital item which gets stored in a supabase table

user A signs in 1 month later on ios device (with same Gmail account).

my app should then recognise this user already exists, and fetch the digital item from the supabase table based on userId.

eg after signing in your class `SessionStatus` should provide me with info whether or not this user has signed in before

Yea so `SessionStatus` does not know if there is data in other tables for your user, you'd have to implement that logic yourself.
What `isNew` checks, is whether the user just logged in, so there was no previous session before on this device (e.g. this would not be the case if the session was refreshed, so its not new)

what would be a good approach inside the   `supabaseClient.auth.sessionStatus` stateflow to check if an authenticated user is 'new' in the definition I just gave?

i could look in the `appMetaData` or `userMetadata` JsonObjects

with Firebase SDK you have a boolean that tell you just what I need, to know if this user has signed in ever before, on any platform

&gt; i could look in the `appMetaData` or `userMetadata` JsonObjects
Either store a boolean in there on sign up, or maybe checking if `supabaseClient.auth.currentUserOrNull()?.lastSignInAt` is null (so there was no previous sign in?) but I'd check that with a new account

I don't know how FB does it but I think its safer to use the metadata or a separate table.

`lastSignInAt` seems a good fit, im gonna test it with new account, thnx

for brand new user `lastSignInAt` is still not null, and its also not the same value as `createdAt`, both are an `Instant` and around 50ms apart. So basing logic on that but its not best option