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How do you design a horizontally scalable session management system?
Updated May 6, 2026
Short answer
Session management uses external stores like Redis or stateless JWT-based authentication.
Deep explanation
Instead of storing sessions in memory, distributed systems store session data in Redis or use JWT tokens to make services stateless. Sticky sessions are avoided in large-scale systems.
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