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Asked: 2026-05-15T16:13:27+00:00

Does the same session continue or is a new session created for the same

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Does the same session continue or is a new session created for the same “USER” when a user logs in from computer ‘A’ using Firefox.

By my understanding, a ‘session is created for that user by the server’.

Now, without closing the browser tab, a user opens a new tab and goes to the same page [that would require the user to log in first].

What will happen?

Will the server continue the same session, making the code recognize the user?

Will the server start a new session for this request and destroy the old session?

Consider the same question, but now the user logs in from another browser. What will happen?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sessions are based on cookies in which a Session ID is stored. So, it is purely a matter of how the browser stores it’s cookies.

    Generally, the browsers share cookies between tabs, so with new tab, the Session ID is preserved and new session will not be created.

    Two different browsers, however, don’t share the cookies, so in another browser, new session is created.

    There are also cookieless sessions. In that case, the session ID is stored in URL (such as http://www.server.com?sessionId=12345). So obviously in this case if you open a new tab and type the address without sessionId, a new one is created too.

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