Huduma bila hali hazistoraji hali ya mteja kati ya maombi (kila ombi ni huru), wakati huduma zenye hali zinanatumia hali. Kukosa hali ni muhimu kwa scalability — huduma bila hali ni rahisi zaidi kupanua kwa mlaliko mlaliko.
Huduma bila hali dhidi ya zenye hali
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)
