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revert(clerk-js,shared): remove zero session deadline handling - #10389

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Remove the zero session deadline handling added in #9871 (and trimmed in #10364). It shipped in @clerk/clerk-js 6.40.1 and @clerk/shared 4.41.1 through #10347.

The backend no longer sends expire_at: 0 / abandon_at: 0. Native sessions without a maximum lifetime now get a real far-future deadline, the same one web uses when maximum lifetime is off, so the special case is unused.

  • Session and SessionWithActivities parse expire_at and abandon_at with unixEpochToDate again, as before fix(clerk-js): preserve indefinite session deadlines #9871.
  • unixEpochToDeadline and its tests are removed, along with the zero-deadline tests in Session.test.ts and Client.test.ts.
  • The doc comments on expireAt / abandonAt in @clerk/shared and @clerk/backend no longer describe an epoch-zero deadline.

A patch changeset covers @clerk/clerk-js, @clerk/shared and @clerk/backend.

Part of MOBILE-517. Reverts #9871 and #10364; released in #10347.

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  • pnpm test runs as expected. @clerk/shared, @clerk/clerk-js, @clerk/expo, and @clerk/backend unit tests passed; full monorepo suite not run.
  • pnpm build runs as expected. @clerk/shared, @clerk/clerk-js, @clerk/expo, and @clerk/backend builds passed; full monorepo build not run.
  • (If applicable) JSDoc comments have been added or updated for any package exports
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  • other: revert of unused behavior

The backend now gives native sessions without a maximum lifetime a far-future deadline instead of 0, so Session and SessionWithActivities go back to unixEpochToDate for expire_at and abandon_at. This removes unixEpochToDeadline, its tests, and the epoch-zero doc comments in shared and backend added in #9871.

Part of MOBILE-517
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📝 Walkthrough

Session deserialization now converts expire_at and abandon_at with unixEpochToDate. The unixEpochToDeadline helper and related tests were removed. Session deadline documentation and a patch changeset were updated.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

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Zero-valued session deadlines can be rewritten as the current time; preserve zero before merging.

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🟡 Minor · Preserve zero for session deadlines. · date.ts:5-8

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Preserve zero for session deadlines.

Session.fromJSON and SessionWithActivities.fromJSON pass both deadline fields to unixEpochToDate. Because that helper uses epochInSeconds || ..., a numeric 0 becomes the parsing time. Snapshot serialization then writes that time instead of 0. The JSON types accept numeric zero, and the prior deadline-specific conversion preserved it.

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-    this.expireAt = unixEpochToDate(data.expire_at);
-    this.abandonAt = unixEpochToDate(data.abandon_at);
+    this.expireAt = data.expire_at === 0 ? new Date(0) : unixEpochToDate(data.expire_at);
+    this.abandonAt = data.abandon_at === 0 ? new Date(0) : unixEpochToDate(data.abandon_at);

Apply the same two replacements in SessionWithActivities.fromJSON. This preserves ordinary timestamps without changing unixEpochToDate behavior for unrelated callers.

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Update Session.fromJSON and SessionWithActivities.fromJSON to preserve
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