Re: [jetty-users] Session ID oddity

[John English <john.foreign@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/02/2023 23:18, Jan Bartel wrote:
> The ".nodeX" suffix on the the session id can be used by load balancers 
> to direct traffic to particular nodes in the cluster, ie ensure session 
> stickiness.
>
> If a session lands on a different node other than the one it originated 
> on (eg that node failed, or the load balancer is non sticky) then the 
> suffix will change but the rest of the session id is invariant.
>
> The session id, minus the suffix, is unique across all nodes in the cluster.

Right. Thanks for the explanation.

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John English