CHUK Sessions provides a comprehensive, async-first session management system with automatic expiration, grid-based path generation, and support for both in-memory and Redis storage backends. Perfect for web applications, MCP servers, API gateways, and microservices that need reliable, scalable session handling.

Project description

🚀 CHUK Sessions

Advanced async session management with grid architecture, TTL support, and multiple backends

✨ Key Features

🔥 Fully Async - Built for modern Python async/await patterns
🏗️ Grid Architecture - Federation-ready path generation: grid/{sandbox_id}/{session_id}/{artifact_id}
🎯 Session Management - Complete lifecycle management with metadata support
⏰ TTL Support - Automatic expiration with precise timing and extensions
🔄 Multiple Providers - Memory (development) and Redis (production)
🏢 Multi-Tenant Ready - Sandbox isolation for SaaS applications
🛡️ Type Safe - Full typing support with excellent IDE integration
🧪 Well Tested - Comprehensive test suite with 95%+ coverage
📦 Zero Config - Works out of the box, configurable via environment variables
🚀 Production Ready - Used in production by CHUK MCP Runtime and CHUK Artifacts

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install chuk-sessions

# Or with Redis support
pip install chuk-sessions[redis]

Basic Provider Usage (Low-Level API)

import asyncio
from chuk_sessions.provider_factory import factory_for_env

async def basic_usage():
    # Get a session factory (uses memory by default)
    session_factory = factory_for_env()
    
    # Use the session
    async with session_factory() as session:
        # Store data with 300 second TTL
        await session.setex("user:123", 300, "alice")
        
        # Retrieve data
        username = await session.get("user:123")
        print(f"User: {username}")  # User: alice
        
        # Delete when done
        await session.delete("user:123")

asyncio.run(basic_usage())

Session Manager Usage (High-Level API)

import asyncio
from chuk_sessions import SessionManager

async def session_management():
    # Create session manager for your application
    session_mgr = SessionManager(
        sandbox_id="my-app",
        default_ttl_hours=24
    )
    
    # Allocate a session with metadata
    session_id = await session_mgr.allocate_session(
        user_id="alice",
        custom_metadata={
            "role": "admin",
            "department": "engineering",
            "permissions": ["read", "write", "admin"]
        }
    )
    
    # Generate grid paths for artifacts
    artifact_key = session_mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_id, "document123")
    print(f"Artifact path: {artifact_key}")
    # → grid/my-app/sess-alice-1234567890-abcd1234/document123
    
    # Validate and update session
    is_valid = await session_mgr.validate_session(session_id)
    await session_mgr.update_session_metadata(session_id, {
        "last_activity": "2024-01-01T12:00:00Z"
    })

asyncio.run(session_management())

🏗️ Architecture

CHUK Sessions uses a two-layer architecture for maximum flexibility:

┌─────────────────┐
│  Your App       │
├─────────────────┤
│ SessionManager  │  ← High-level session lifecycle + grid paths
├─────────────────┤
│ Factory Layer   │  ← Environment-driven provider selection
├─────────────────┤
│ Provider Layer  │  ← Memory, Redis, custom providers
├─────────────────┤
│ Transport       │  ← Async I/O, connection management
└─────────────────┘

Two APIs for Different Needs

High-Level SessionManager API:

Complete session lifecycle management
Grid architecture with path generation
Custom metadata and TTL extensions
Multi-tenant sandbox isolation
Perfect for applications, MCP servers, API gateways

Low-Level Provider API:

Direct storage operations (get, set, delete)
Minimal overhead for simple use cases
Perfect for caching, rate limiting, temporary storage

🎯 Session Management

Session Lifecycle

from chuk_sessions import SessionManager

# Create session manager
session_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="webapp")

# Allocate new session
session_id = await session_mgr.allocate_session(
    user_id="alice",
    ttl_hours=8,  # Work day session
    custom_metadata={
        "login_method": "oauth",
        "ip_address": "192.168.1.100",
        "permissions": ["read", "write"]
    }
)

# Validate existing session
is_valid = await session_mgr.validate_session(session_id)

# Get complete session info
session_info = await session_mgr.get_session_info(session_id)
print(f"User: {session_info['user_id']}")
print(f"Created: {session_info['created_at']}")
print(f"Custom data: {session_info['custom_metadata']}")

# Update session metadata
await session_mgr.update_session_metadata(session_id, {
    "last_activity": time.time(),
    "files_uploaded": 5
})

# Extend session TTL
await session_mgr.extend_session_ttl(session_id, additional_hours=4)

# Clean deletion
await session_mgr.delete_session(session_id)

Session Features

Auto-allocation: Sessions created automatically when needed
User association: Link sessions to specific users
Custom metadata: Store application-specific data
TTL management: Automatic expiration with extension support
Validation: Check session validity and auto-touch on access
Cleanup: Automatic expired session removal

🏗️ Grid Architecture

CHUK Sessions includes built-in support for grid architecture - a federation-ready path system perfect for distributed artifact storage:

Grid Path Structure

grid/{sandbox_id}/{session_id}/{artifact_id}

Examples:

grid/webapp/sess-alice-1234567890-abcd1234/document123
grid/mcp-server/sess-claude-conversation-456/report789  
grid/api-gateway/sess-client-beta-789/cache-key-abc

Grid Operations

# Generate paths
prefix = session_mgr.get_canonical_prefix(session_id)
# → "grid/webapp/sess-alice-1234567890-abcd1234/"

artifact_key = session_mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_id, "document123")  
# → "grid/webapp/sess-alice-1234567890-abcd1234/document123"

# Parse paths back to components
parsed = session_mgr.parse_grid_key(artifact_key)
# → {
#     "sandbox_id": "webapp",
#     "session_id": "sess-alice-1234567890-abcd1234", 
#     "artifact_id": "document123"
# }

# Get patterns for discovery
pattern = session_mgr.get_session_prefix_pattern()
# → "grid/webapp/" (for finding all sessions in sandbox)

Multi-Tenant Grid Isolation

# Different applications = different sandboxes
app_a_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="app-a")
app_b_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="app-b")
shared_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="shared-services")

# Same user, different apps = complete isolation
alice_in_a = await app_a_mgr.allocate_session(user_id="alice")
alice_in_b = await app_b_mgr.allocate_session(user_id="alice")

# Same artifact ID, different grid paths
doc_in_a = app_a_mgr.generate_artifact_key(alice_in_a, "report123")
# → grid/app-a/sess-alice-..../report123

doc_in_b = app_b_mgr.generate_artifact_key(alice_in_b, "report123")  
# → grid/app-b/sess-alice-..../report123

# Perfect tenant isolation ✅

📖 Providers

Memory Provider (Default)

Perfect for development, testing, and single-instance deployments:

import os
os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'memory'

# Alternative names also work
os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'mem'
os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'inmemory'

Features:

✅ Zero dependencies
✅ Instant startup
✅ Perfect for testing
✅ Ultra-fast: 1.8M+ ops/sec
⚠️ Data lost on restart
⚠️ Single process only

Redis Provider

Production-ready with persistence and clustering support:

import os
os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'redis'
os.environ['SESSION_REDIS_URL'] = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'

# Alternative names
os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'redis_store'

Features:

✅ Persistent storage
✅ Multi-instance support
✅ Clustering support
✅ High availability
✅ Consistent performance: 20k+ ops/sec
🔧 Requires Redis server

🔧 Configuration

Configure CHUK Sessions entirely via environment variables:

Variable	Description	Default	Example
`SESSION_PROVIDER`	Provider to use	`memory`	`redis`
`SESSION_REDIS_URL`	Redis connection URL	-	`redis://localhost:6379/0`
`REDIS_URL`	Fallback Redis URL	-	`redis://user:pass@host:6379/0`
`REDIS_TLS_INSECURE`	Allow insecure TLS	`0`	`1`

Redis URL Formats

# Basic
redis://localhost:6379/0

# With auth
redis://user:password@localhost:6379/0

# TLS
rediss://localhost:6380/0

# Sentinel
redis://sentinel1:26379,sentinel2:26379/mymaster

# Cluster
redis://node1:7000,node2:7000,node3:7000

💡 Real-World Usage Examples

Web Application Session Management

from chuk_sessions import SessionManager

# Web app session manager
web_mgr = SessionManager(
    sandbox_id="webapp-prod",
    default_ttl_hours=8  # Work day sessions
)

async def handle_login(username: str, password: str):
    # Validate credentials...
    
    # Create session with rich metadata
    session_id = await web_mgr.allocate_session(
        user_id=username,
        custom_metadata={
            "login_method": "password",
            "ip_address": request.client.host,
            "user_agent": request.headers.get("user-agent"),
            "permissions": await get_user_permissions(username),
            "login_timestamp": time.time()
        }
    )
    
    return session_id

async def handle_file_upload(session_id: str, file_data: bytes):
    # Validate session
    if not await web_mgr.validate_session(session_id):
        raise HTTPException(401, "Invalid session")
    
    # Generate unique artifact path
    file_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
    artifact_path = web_mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_id, file_id)
    
    # Store file (using artifact storage system)
    await store_file(artifact_path, file_data)
    
    # Update session metadata
    session_info = await web_mgr.get_session_info(session_id)
    upload_count = session_info['custom_metadata'].get('uploads', 0) + 1
    await web_mgr.update_session_metadata(session_id, {
        "uploads": upload_count,
        "last_upload": time.time()
    })
    
    return {"file_id": file_id, "path": artifact_path}

MCP Server Integration

from chuk_sessions import SessionManager

# MCP server session manager
mcp_mgr = SessionManager(
    sandbox_id="mcp-server",
    default_ttl_hours=24  # Long-lived conversations
)

async def handle_mcp_conversation_start(conversation_id: str):
    """Start a new MCP conversation session."""
    session_id = await mcp_mgr.allocate_session(
        user_id=f"claude_conversation_{conversation_id}",
        custom_metadata={
            "client": "claude",
            "conversation_id": conversation_id,
            "tools_enabled": ["file_read", "file_write", "file_list"],
            "safety_level": "standard",
            "start_time": time.time()
        }
    )
    
    return session_id

async def handle_mcp_tool_call(session_id: str, tool_name: str, artifact_id: str):
    """Handle MCP tool calls with session-scoped artifacts."""
    
    # Validate session
    if not await mcp_mgr.validate_session(session_id):
        raise Exception("Invalid MCP session")
    
    # Generate artifact path for this tool operation
    artifact_path = mcp_mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_id, artifact_id)
    
    # Examples:
    # grid/mcp-server/sess-claude-conversation-123/document_analysis_1
    # grid/mcp-server/sess-claude-conversation-123/generated_report_456
    # grid/mcp-server/sess-claude-conversation-123/uploaded_image_789
    
    # Update session with tool usage
    session_info = await mcp_mgr.get_session_info(session_id)
    tool_calls = session_info['custom_metadata'].get('tool_calls', [])
    tool_calls.append({
        "tool": tool_name,
        "artifact_id": artifact_id,
        "timestamp": time.time()
    })
    
    await mcp_mgr.update_session_metadata(session_id, {
        "tool_calls": tool_calls,
        "last_activity": time.time()
    })
    
    return artifact_path

API Gateway Rate Limiting

from chuk_sessions import SessionManager

# API gateway session manager
api_mgr = SessionManager(
    sandbox_id="api-gateway",
    default_ttl_hours=1  # Short-lived for rate limiting
)

async def setup_api_client(client_id: str, tier: str):
    """Set up API client session with rate limiting."""
    
    rate_limits = {
        "free": 100,
        "standard": 1000, 
        "premium": 10000
    }
    
    session_id = await api_mgr.allocate_session(
        user_id=client_id,
        ttl_hours=1,  # Reset every hour
        custom_metadata={
            "client_id": client_id,
            "tier": tier,
            "rate_limit": rate_limits.get(tier, 100),
            "requests_made": 0,
            "window_start": time.time()
        }
    )
    
    return session_id

async def check_rate_limit(session_id: str) -> bool:
    """Check if client can make another API request."""
    
    session_info = await api_mgr.get_session_info(session_id)
    if not session_info:
        return False
    
    metadata = session_info['custom_metadata']
    requests_made = metadata.get('requests_made', 0)
    rate_limit = metadata.get('rate_limit', 100)
    
    if requests_made >= rate_limit:
        return False
    
    # Increment counter
    await api_mgr.update_session_metadata(session_id, {
        "requests_made": requests_made + 1,
        "last_request": time.time()
    })
    
    return True

Multi-Tenant SaaS Application

from chuk_sessions import SessionManager

# Different session managers per tenant
tenant_sessions = {}

def get_tenant_session_manager(tenant_id: str) -> SessionManager:
    """Get or create session manager for tenant."""
    if tenant_id not in tenant_sessions:
        tenant_sessions[tenant_id] = SessionManager(
            sandbox_id=f"tenant-{tenant_id}",
            default_ttl_hours=24
        )
    return tenant_sessions[tenant_id]

async def handle_tenant_user_login(tenant_id: str, user_id: str):
    """Handle user login within specific tenant."""
    
    mgr = get_tenant_session_manager(tenant_id)
    
    session_id = await mgr.allocate_session(
        user_id=user_id,
        custom_metadata={
            "tenant_id": tenant_id,
            "login_time": time.time(),
            "permissions": await get_tenant_user_permissions(tenant_id, user_id)
        }
    )
    
    return session_id

async def create_tenant_artifact(tenant_id: str, session_id: str, artifact_id: str):
    """Create artifact within tenant boundaries."""
    
    mgr = get_tenant_session_manager(tenant_id)
    
    # Generate tenant-isolated path
    artifact_path = mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_id, artifact_id)
    # → grid/tenant-acme-corp/sess-user123-.../document456
    
    # Perfect isolation: tenant A cannot access tenant B's artifacts
    return artifact_path

Low-Level Provider Usage

For simple caching and temporary storage:

from chuk_sessions.provider_factory import factory_for_env

async def cache_expensive_computation(params: dict):
    """Cache expensive computation results."""
    import hashlib
    
    # Create cache key
    cache_key = "cache:" + hashlib.md5(
        json.dumps(params, sort_keys=True).encode()
    ).hexdigest()
    
    session_factory = factory_for_env()
    
    async with session_factory() as session:
        # Check cache first
        cached = await session.get(cache_key)
        if cached:
            return json.loads(cached)
        
        # Perform expensive computation
        result = await some_expensive_operation(params)
        
        # Cache for 1 hour
        await session.setex(cache_key, 3600, json.dumps(result))
        
        return result

async def create_verification_code(user_id: str):
    """Create temporary verification code."""
    import secrets
    
    code = secrets.token_urlsafe(8)
    session_factory = factory_for_env()
    
    async with session_factory() as session:
        # Store code for 10 minutes
        await session.setex(f"verify:{user_id}", 600, code)
    
    return code

🧪 Testing

CHUK Sessions is perfect for testing with in-memory storage:

import pytest
from chuk_sessions import SessionManager
from chuk_sessions.provider_factory import factory_for_env

@pytest.fixture
async def session():
    """Provide a clean low-level session for each test."""
    import os
    os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'memory'
    
    session_factory = factory_for_env()
    async with session_factory() as session:
        yield session

@pytest.fixture
async def session_manager():
    """Provide a session manager for each test."""
    import os
    os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'memory'
    
    mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="test-app")
    yield mgr

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_session_storage(session):
    await session.setex("test_key", 60, "test_value")
    result = await session.get("test_key")
    assert result == "test_value"

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_session_management(session_manager):
    # Test session allocation
    session_id = await session_manager.allocate_session(
        user_id="test_user",
        custom_metadata={"role": "tester"}
    )
    
    # Test validation
    assert await session_manager.validate_session(session_id)
    
    # Test grid paths
    artifact_key = session_manager.generate_artifact_key(session_id, "test_artifact")
    assert artifact_key.startswith("grid/test-app/")
    
    # Test metadata update
    await session_manager.update_session_metadata(session_id, {"test": "data"})
    
    info = await session_manager.get_session_info(session_id)
    assert info['custom_metadata']['test'] == "data"

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_multi_tenant_isolation(session_manager):
    tenant_a_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="tenant-a")
    tenant_b_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="tenant-b")
    
    # Same user in different tenants
    session_a = await tenant_a_mgr.allocate_session(user_id="alice")
    session_b = await tenant_b_mgr.allocate_session(user_id="alice")
    
    # Different grid paths
    path_a = tenant_a_mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_a, "doc123")
    path_b = tenant_b_mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_b, "doc123")
    
    assert "tenant-a" in path_a
    assert "tenant-b" in path_b
    assert path_a != path_b  # Perfect isolation

📊 Performance

CHUK Sessions delivers excellent performance across both APIs and providers. Here are verified benchmarks from real testing:

Verified Benchmarks

Provider	Operation	Avg Latency	Throughput	Notes
Memory	GET	0.000ms	1,818k ops/sec	In-process, zero network overhead
Memory	SET	0.001ms	895k ops/sec	Direct memory access
Memory	DELETE	0.000ms	1,972k ops/sec	Immediate cleanup
Redis (local)	GET	0.046ms	22k ops/sec	Local Redis instance
Redis (local)	SET	0.060ms	17k ops/sec	Includes persistence overhead
Redis (local)	DELETE	0.045ms	22k ops/sec	Network + persistence

Benchmarks on MacBook Pro M3 Max (16 cores, 128GB RAM), Python 3.11, local Redis

Session Manager Performance

The high-level SessionManager API adds minimal overhead:

Session allocation: ~0.1ms additional overhead
Grid path generation: Sub-microsecond (cached)
Metadata updates: Same as underlying provider
Session validation: ~0.05ms additional overhead

Concurrent Access Performance

Provider	Concurrent Sessions	Throughput	P95 Latency
Memory	5	609k ops/sec	0.002ms
Redis	5	16k ops/sec	0.328ms

Large Data Handling

Both providers handle large payloads efficiently:

10KB values: Memory ~0.001ms, Redis ~0.09ms
JSON objects: Excellent performance for structured data
Memory scaling: Linear growth with item count

Performance Optimization Tips

# ✅ Use SessionManager for session lifecycle
mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="my-app")
session_id = await mgr.allocate_session(user_id="alice")

# ✅ Generate grid paths efficiently (cached)
paths = [
    mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_id, f"artifact_{i}")
    for i in range(1000)
]

# ✅ Batch metadata updates
await mgr.update_session_metadata(session_id, {
    "file_count": 100,
    "total_bytes": 1024000,
    "last_activity": time.time()
})

# ✅ Use appropriate TTLs
short_lived = await mgr.allocate_session(ttl_hours=1)    # API tokens
medium_lived = await mgr.allocate_session(ttl_hours=8)   # Work sessions  
long_lived = await mgr.allocate_session(ttl_hours=24)    # User sessions

# ✅ Choose API level based on needs
if need_session_management:
    mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="app")  # High-level
else:
    factory = factory_for_env()  # Low-level for simple caching

When to Use Each API

Choose SessionManager When:

🎯 Need complete session lifecycle management
🏗️ Building applications with grid architecture
🏢 Multi-tenant applications requiring isolation
🤖 MCP servers with conversation sessions
🌐 Web applications with user sessions

Choose Provider API When:

🚀 Simple caching scenarios
⚡ Maximum performance for basic operations
🔧 Rate limiting and temporary storage
📊 Lightweight session storage

🚀 Production Deployment

Docker Compose Example

version: '3.8'

services:
  app:
    build: .
    environment:
      - SESSION_PROVIDER=redis
      - SESSION_REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
    depends_on:
      - redis
    
  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"

volumes:
  redis_data:

Kubernetes Example

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: app
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: myapp
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: myapp
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: app
        image: myapp:latest
        env:
        - name: SESSION_PROVIDER
          value: "redis"
        - name: SESSION_REDIS_URL
          valueFrom:
            secretKeyRef:
              name: redis-secret
              key: url

🛡️ Best Practices

Security

# ✅ Use appropriate TTLs for different session types
auth_session = await mgr.allocate_session(user_id="alice", ttl_hours=8)
api_token = await mgr.allocate_session(user_id="service", ttl_hours=1)
temp_code = await mgr.allocate_session(user_id="reset", ttl_hours=0.25)  # 15 minutes

# ✅ Include security metadata
session_id = await mgr.allocate_session(
    user_id="alice",
    custom_metadata={
        "ip_address": "192.168.1.100",
        "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0...",
        "login_method": "oauth",
        "security_level": "high"
    }
)

# ✅ Clean up sensitive sessions
await mgr.delete_session(password_reset_session)

# ✅ Use namespaced sandbox IDs
production_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="webapp-prod")
staging_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="webapp-staging")

Performance

# ✅ Reuse session managers
class Application:
    def __init__(self):
        self.session_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="myapp")
    
    async def handle_request(self, user_id: str):
        session_id = await self.session_mgr.allocate_session(user_id=user_id)
        # ... use session

# ✅ Batch grid path generation
artifact_paths = [
    mgr.generate_artifact_key(session_id, artifact_id)
    for artifact_id in artifact_ids
]

# ✅ Use appropriate session lifetimes
short_api_session = await mgr.allocate_session(ttl_hours=1)
work_session = await mgr.allocate_session(ttl_hours=8) 
persistent_session = await mgr.allocate_session(ttl_hours=24)

Error Handling

async def robust_session_operation():
    try:
        session_id = await mgr.allocate_session(user_id="alice")
        return await mgr.get_session_info(session_id)
    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"Session operation failed: {e}")
        return None  # Graceful degradation

# ✅ Validate sessions before critical operations
async def protected_operation(session_id: str):
    if not await mgr.validate_session(session_id):
        raise HTTPException(401, "Invalid or expired session")
    
    # Proceed with operation
    return await perform_operation()

🔧 Advanced Usage

Custom Provider

Create your own provider by implementing the session interface:

# custom_provider.py
from contextlib import asynccontextmanager

class CustomSession:
    async def setex(self, key: str, ttl: int, value: str):
        # Your implementation
        pass
    
    async def get(self, key: str):
        # Your implementation
        pass
    
    async def delete(self, key: str):
        # Your implementation
        pass
    
    async def close(self):
        # Cleanup
        pass

def factory():
    @asynccontextmanager
    async def _ctx():
        session = CustomSession()
        try:
            yield session
        finally:
            await session.close()
    
    return _ctx

Environment-Specific Configuration

# config.py
import os
from chuk_sessions import SessionManager

def get_session_manager(app_name: str) -> SessionManager:
    env = os.getenv('ENVIRONMENT', 'development')
    
    if env == 'development':
        os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'memory'
        sandbox_id = f"{app_name}-dev"
    elif env == 'testing':
        os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'memory'
        sandbox_id = f"{app_name}-test"
    elif env == 'production':
        os.environ['SESSION_PROVIDER'] = 'redis'
        os.environ['SESSION_REDIS_URL'] = os.getenv('REDIS_URL')
        sandbox_id = f"{app_name}-prod"
    
    return SessionManager(sandbox_id=sandbox_id)

Integration with Other Systems

# Integration with CHUK Artifacts
from chuk_sessions import SessionManager
from chuk_artifacts import ArtifactStore

class IntegratedApplication:
    def __init__(self):
        # Shared session manager for grid paths
        self.session_mgr = SessionManager(sandbox_id="myapp")
        
        # Artifact store uses the same session infrastructure
        self.artifact_store = ArtifactStore(
            storage_provider="s3",
            session_provider="redis"  # Same provider as SessionManager
        )
    
    async def upload_user_file(self, user_id: str, file_data: bytes, filename: str):
        # Create or validate user session
        session_id = await self.session_mgr.allocate_session(user_id=user_id)
        
        # Store artifact with session-scoped path
        artifact_id = await self.artifact_store.store(
            data=file_data,
            mime="application/octet-stream",
            summary=f"User uploaded: {filename}",
            filename=filename,
            session_id=session_id  # Links to session management
        )
        
        # Update session metadata with file info
        await self.session_mgr.update_session_metadata(session_id, {
            "last_upload": time.time(),
            "total_files": await self.get_user_file_count(session_id)
        })
        
        return artifact_id
    
    async def get_user_file_count(self, session_id: str) -> int:
        files = await self.artifact_store.list_by_session(session_id)
        return len(files)

# FastAPI integration
from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Depends

app = FastAPI()
integrated_app = IntegratedApplication()

async def get_current_session(session_token: str = Header(...)) -> str:
    """Dependency to validate session from header."""
    if not await integrated_app.session_mgr.validate_session(session_token):
        raise HTTPException(401, "Invalid session")
    return session_token

@app.post("/upload")
async def upload_file(
    file: UploadFile,
    session_id: str = Depends(get_current_session)
):
    content = await file.read()
    artifact_id = await integrated_app.upload_user_file(
        user_id="current_user",  # Extract from session
        file_data=content,
        filename=file.filename
    )
    return {"artifact_id": artifact_id}

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how to get started:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/chrishayuk/chuk-sessions.git
cd chuk-sessions

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run tests with coverage
pytest --cov=chuk_sessions

# Run performance tests
python examples/performance_test.py

# Run linting
flake8 chuk_sessions tests
black chuk_sessions tests
mypy chuk_sessions

Development Setup

# Install Redis for integration tests
brew install redis  # macOS
sudo apt install redis-server  # Ubuntu

# Start Redis
redis-server

# Run all tests including Redis integration
pytest --redis

# Run the enhanced demo
python examples/chuk_session_example.py

Contributing Guidelines

Code Style: Black formatting, flake8 linting
Type Hints: Full typing support required
Tests: New features need comprehensive tests
Documentation: Update README and docstrings
Performance: Benchmark any performance-critical changes

📝 Changelog

v2.0.0 (2024-01-15) - Major Release

✨ SessionManager: Complete session lifecycle management
🏗️ Grid Architecture: Federation-ready path generation
🏢 Multi-Tenant: Sandbox isolation for SaaS applications
📊 Enhanced Metadata: Custom metadata with update support
⏰ TTL Extensions: Dynamic session lifetime management
🧪 Comprehensive Tests: Real-world scenario coverage
📈 Performance: Verified benchmarks and optimization tips
🔧 Administrative: Session cleanup and monitoring tools

v1.0.0 (2024-01-01)

✨ Initial release
🚀 Memory and Redis providers
⏰ TTL support
🧪 Comprehensive test suite
📖 Full documentation

v0.9.0 (2023-12-15)

🧪 Beta release
🔧 Provider architecture
📊 Performance optimizations

🎯 Roadmap

Planned Features

Azure Redis: Native Azure Redis Cache support
Session Events: Webhooks for session lifecycle events
Metrics Export: Prometheus metrics integration
Session Migration: Tools for moving sessions between providers
Advanced Grid: Cross-sandbox federation protocol
Session Pools: Connection pooling optimizations
Encryption: At-rest encryption for sensitive session data

Integration Targets

Django Integration: Native Django session backend
Flask Integration: Flask-Session compatible provider
ASGI Middleware: Session management middleware for ASGI apps
OpenTelemetry: Distributed tracing support

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🔗 Links

Documentation: https://chuk-sessions.readthedocs.io
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/chuk-sessions/
Source Code: https://github.com/chrishayuk/chuk-sessions
Issue Tracker: https://github.com/chrishayuk/chuk-sessions/issues
Performance Benchmarks: https://github.com/chrishayuk/chuk-sessions/tree/main/benchmarks

🙏 Acknowledgments

Built for the CHUK MCP Runtime project
Powers CHUK Artifacts session management
Inspired by Redis, Memcached, and modern session management patterns
Thanks to all contributors and users providing feedback and performance data

📊 Usage in Production

CHUK Sessions is actively used in production by:

CHUK MCP Runtime: Managing Claude conversation sessions
CHUK Artifacts: Session-based artifact storage and organization
Enterprise Applications: Multi-tenant SaaS platforms
API Gateways: Rate limiting and client session management
Microservices: Distributed session coordination

🏆 Awards and Recognition

Performance Leader: 1.8M+ ops/sec memory provider performance
Architecture Excellence: Clean grid-based federation design
Production Ready: Battle-tested in high-traffic applications
Developer Friendly: Comprehensive documentation and examples

Made with ❤️ for the async Python community

Powering modern applications with advanced session management, grid architecture, and multi-tenant support

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🚀 CHUK Sessions

✨ Key Features

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Basic Provider Usage (Low-Level API)

Session Manager Usage (High-Level API)

🏗️ Architecture

Two APIs for Different Needs

🎯 Session Management

Session Lifecycle

Session Features

🏗️ Grid Architecture

Grid Path Structure

Grid Operations

Multi-Tenant Grid Isolation

📖 Providers

Memory Provider (Default)

Redis Provider

🔧 Configuration

Redis URL Formats

💡 Real-World Usage Examples

Web Application Session Management

MCP Server Integration

API Gateway Rate Limiting

Multi-Tenant SaaS Application

Low-Level Provider Usage

🧪 Testing

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Session Manager Performance

Concurrent Access Performance

Large Data Handling

Performance Optimization Tips

When to Use Each API

🚀 Production Deployment

Docker Compose Example

Kubernetes Example

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🔧 Advanced Usage

Custom Provider

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🤝 Contributing

Development Setup

Contributing Guidelines

📝 Changelog

v2.0.0 (2024-01-15) - Major Release

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