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Document performance impact of using DatabaseSessionHandler

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Description

Using the new DatabaseSessionHandler will have a slight performance impact on high traffic sites, and it may be better to use an alternative solution for handling sessions such as redis

Acceptance criteria:

  • Add a warning in the documentation about the performance impact of using DatabaseSessionHandler on high-traffic sites, and recommend performance testing.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start in the developer documentation section covering DatabaseSessionHandler and locate the guidance for session handling. Add the warning about performance on high-traffic sites and the recommendation to performance-test or consider Redis; it is done when the acceptance criterion is reflected in the documentation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
redis
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
62/100

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