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Every sizable system I’ve ever seen does it to some extent. It’s super common for static content with no security implications to not bother with a live check, or a system with high load but no major security implications (read only content for instance) to not do synchronous checks.

Especially if we’re talking 5-10 second session timeouts, it’s rarely even a theoretical concern and dramatically reduces load.




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