Updated on 2026-10-20 GMT+08:00

Sticky Session Policy Evaluation

Scenario

Recommended Policy

Huawei Cloud Configuration

Stateless applications

Sticky session not enabled

Backend server group > Sticky session not enabled

TCP/UDP persistent connections

Sticky sessions of the source IP address type

Backend server group > Sticky session > Source IP address

Simple web applications (shopping cart/login)

Sticky sessions of the load balancer cookie type

Backend server group > Sticky session > Load balancer cookie

Application-controlled session lifecycle

Sticky sessions of the application cookie type

Backend server group > Sticky session > Application cookie

Blue-green deployment

Sticky sessions between backend server groups

Advanced forwarding > Sticky sessions between backend server groups

Blue-green deployment + Intra-group stickiness

Inter-group sticky sessions + Intra-group sticky sessions

Advanced forwarding > Inter-group sticky session + Backend server group > Intra-group sticky session

WebSockets

Sticky session not required

WebSockets are inherently sticky.

Direct Connect/VPN access

Source IP hash (load balancing algorithm)

Backend server group > Load balancing algorithm > Source IP hash