What the JSESSIONID cookie does
JSESSIONID is a cookie generated by Servlet containers and used for session management in J2EE web applications for HTTP protocol. If a Web server is using a cookie for session management, it creates and sends JSESSIONID cookie to the client and then the client sends it back to the server in subsequent HTTP requests. JSESSIONID is a platform session cookie and is used by sites with JavaServer Pages (JSP). The cookie is used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.
The name ends in a part that changes from visitor to visitor or site to site, so this entry covers every cookie whose name starts with JSESSIONID.
Who sets it
Consent category: functional
Functional cookies remember a choice the visitor made, such as a language, a region or a layout preference. They are not essential, so visitors in the EU must be able to decline them, and a site should not set them before consent.
| Name | JSESSIONID |
|---|---|
| Category | Functional |
| Lifetime | session |
| Set by | J2EE |
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