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Security sessions critical

Session Management Patterns

Implement secure session management with tokens, cookies, and rotation.

Difficulty
advanced
Read time
1 min read
Version
v1.0.0
Confidence
established
Last updated

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Sessions: Use httpOnly, secure, SameSite cookies. Rotate session ID on privilege change. Implement absolute and idle timeouts. Store sessions server-side (Redis). Hash session IDs before storage. Invalidate on logout. Limit concurrent sessions if needed.

Use When

  • User authentication
  • Stateful web applications
  • Admin dashboards
  • Multi-device access

Skip When

  • Stateless APIs
  • JWT-only authentication
  • Machine-to-machine auth

Session Management Patterns

Implement secure session management with tokens, cookies, and rotation.

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sessions security authentication cookies tokens

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