Gan stádchúiseach — ní stóraíonn seirbhísí gan stádchúiseach staid an chliaint idir iarratais (tá gach iarratas neamhspleách), agus stádchúiseach — coinníonn seirbhísí stádchuiseacha staid. Tá an ganstádchúiseachta tábhachtach do inscálaitheacht — tá seirbhísí gan stádchúiseach i bhfad níos fusa a scáileadh go cothrománach.
Gan stádchúiseach vs stádchúiseach
STATELESS → the service keeps NO client state between requests:
→ each request contains all needed info; any server can handle any request
→ state lives ELSEWHERE (database, cache, client, token) if needed
STATEFUL → the service MAINTAINS state across requests:
→ a specific server holds a client's state (session in memory, etc.)
→ requests must go to the SAME server (or state must be shared/synchronized)
