1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/Query.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/Query.java
index 73335037b94..b4adca2cef1 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/Query.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/Query.java
@@ -982,6 +982,22 @@ public class Query extends com.yahoo.processing.Request implements Cloneable {
      */
      public HttpRequest getHttpRequest() { return httpRequest; }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the unique and stable session id of this query.
+     *
+     * @param create if true this is created if not already set
+     * @return the session id of this query, or null if not set and create is false
+     * @deprecated use getSessionId() or getSessionId(serverId) instead
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public SessionId getSessionId(boolean create) {
+        if ( ! create) return getSessionId();
+
+        if (requestId == null)
+            requestId = UniqueRequestId.next();
+        return new SessionId(requestId, getRanking().getProfile());
+    }
+
     /** Returns the session id of this query, or null if none is assigned */
     public SessionId getSessionId() {
         if (requestId == null) return null;