According to the knowledge sources, the Session Recording Checkpoint event is triggered automatically by the Mixpanel SDK when you capture Mixpanel session replays. Specifically, the Mixpanel JavaScript SDK documentation states:
"When you capture Mixpanel session replays, the SDK will automatically emit this default event."
The Session Recording Checkpoint event is tracked as $mp_session_record. It's important to note that this event does not count as a billed event for events plans in Mixpanel.
If you've implemented session replay correctly, you should see these events appear in your project. You can search for Session Recording Checkpoint events in your project to verify that session recording is working as expected.