fix(live): keep red-flagged sessions active

internal/live/parser_test.go

@@ -307,6 +307,28 @@ func TestSessionStatusIsActive(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSessionStatusIsTerminal(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		status string
+		want   bool
+	}{
+		{"Finished", true},
+		{"Finalised", true},
+		{"Finalized", true},
+		{"Ends", true},
+		{"Aborted", true},
+		{"Started", false},
+		{"Resumed", false},
+		{"Inactive", false},
+		{"", false},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		if got := live.SessionStatusIsTerminal(tt.status); got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("SessionStatusIsTerminal(%q) = %v, want %v", tt.status, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestProcessTopicRaceControlMessages(t *testing.T) {
 	state := live.NewState()
 	data := json.RawMessage(`{

internal/live/types.go

@@ -186,6 +186,19 @@ func SessionStatusIsActive(status string) bool {
 	}
 }
 
+// SessionStatusIsTerminal reports whether a raw F1 live timing SessionStatus
+// value represents a session that has ended and will not resume. A temporarily
+// inactive session (e.g. a red-flag pause reported as "Inactive") is neither
+// active nor terminal.
+func SessionStatusIsTerminal(status string) bool {
+	switch normalizeSessionStatus(status) {
+	case "finished", "finalised", "finalized", "ends", "aborted":
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 func normalizeSessionStatus(status string) string {
 	out := make([]rune, 0, len(status))
 	for _, r := range status {