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Talk me through JWT vs server sessions for [APP DESCRIPTION] . I don't want the tribal answer — I want the one that fits. My situation: App architecture: [MONOLITH / SEVERAL SERVICES / MICROSERVICES / EDGE FUNCTIONS] Client types: [WEB / MOBILE / 3RD PARTY API] Multi tenant / multi domain: [Y/N] Session storage available: [REDIS / DB / NONE] Logout semantics needed: [IMMEDIATE REVOCATION / EVENTUAL OK] Traffic: [RPS + expected growth] Team's ops maturity: [HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW] For each option, be honest about: 1. Where the trust lives — signature vs opaque id + server lookup 2. Revocation reality — JWTs "can't be revoked" is a lie; describe the deny list cost 3. Payload bloat — how much data ends up in every request 4. Refresh dance — access + refresh token complexity vs sliding session 5. Cross domain / cross service story 6. The "3am ops" test — which one is easier to debug when broken 7. Attack surface — token theft, replay, algorithm confusion Verdict: which for MY app, and the ONE architectural fact…
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