Presences

The Presences service records a short-lived status for each signed-in user and broadcasts every change over Realtime, so you can render online indicators, "viewing this page" cues, typing signals, and collaboration banners without writing any socket plumbing.

Each presence is attached to a user and carries a status string, an optional metadata JSON object for richer context, and an expiresAt timestamp that controls automatic cleanup. Presences are written by the user's own session or a server SDK, and read by any client with the right permissions.

You can find guides and examples on using the Presences API in the Presences product pages.