diff --git a/models/auth/session.go b/models/auth/session.go
index 60fdeaba7c..41d59cea29 100644
--- a/models/auth/session.go
+++ b/models/auth/session.go
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ func ReadSession(ctx context.Context, key string) (*Session, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else if !exist {
-		session.Expiry = timeutil.TimeStampNow()
-		if err := db.Insert(ctx, &session); err != nil {
+		session = &Session{
+			Key:    key,
+			Expiry: timeutil.TimeStampNow(),
+		}
+		if err := db.Insert(ctx, session); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/models/auth/session_test.go b/models/auth/session_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1731f40ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/auth/session_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Forgejo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package auth_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/auth"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestAuthSession(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
+	defer timeutil.Unset()
+
+	key := "I-Like-Free-Software"
+
+	t.Run("Create Session", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Ensure it doesn't exist.
+		ok, err := auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, key)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+
+		preCount, err := auth.CountSessions(db.DefaultContext)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		now := time.Date(2021, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+		timeutil.Set(now)
+
+		// New session is created.
+		sess, err := auth.ReadSession(db.DefaultContext, key)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, key, sess.Key)
+		assert.Empty(t, sess.Data)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, now.Unix(), sess.Expiry)
+
+		// Ensure it exists.
+		ok, err = auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, key)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+
+		// Ensure the session is taken into account for count..
+		postCount, err := auth.CountSessions(db.DefaultContext)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Greater(t, postCount, preCount)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Update session", func(t *testing.T) {
+		data := []byte{0xba, 0xdd, 0xc0, 0xde}
+		now := time.Date(2022, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+		timeutil.Set(now)
+
+		// Update session.
+		err := auth.UpdateSession(db.DefaultContext, key, data)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		timeutil.Set(time.Date(2021, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+
+		// Read updated session.
+		// Ensure data is updated and expiry is set from the update session call.
+		sess, err := auth.ReadSession(db.DefaultContext, key)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, key, sess.Key)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, data, sess.Data)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, now.Unix(), sess.Expiry)
+
+		timeutil.Set(now)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Delete session", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Ensure it't exist.
+		ok, err := auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, key)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+
+		preCount, err := auth.CountSessions(db.DefaultContext)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		err = auth.DestroySession(db.DefaultContext, key)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Ensure it doens't exists.
+		ok, err = auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, key)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+
+		// Ensure the session is taken into account for count..
+		postCount, err := auth.CountSessions(db.DefaultContext)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Less(t, postCount, preCount)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Cleanup sessions", func(t *testing.T) {
+		timeutil.Set(time.Date(2023, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+
+		_, err := auth.ReadSession(db.DefaultContext, "sess-1")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// One minute later.
+		timeutil.Set(time.Date(2023, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+		_, err = auth.ReadSession(db.DefaultContext, "sess-2")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// 5 minutes, shouldn't clean up anything.
+		err = auth.CleanupSessions(db.DefaultContext, 5*60)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		ok, err := auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, "sess-1")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+
+		ok, err = auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, "sess-2")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+
+		// 1 minute, should clean up sess-1.
+		err = auth.CleanupSessions(db.DefaultContext, 60)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		ok, err = auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, "sess-1")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+
+		ok, err = auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, "sess-2")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+
+		// Now, should clean up sess-2.
+		err = auth.CleanupSessions(db.DefaultContext, 0)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		ok, err = auth.ExistSession(db.DefaultContext, "sess-2")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+	})
+}