Where possible, creating Web applications — including Ajax-based applications — in a RESTful way avoids a large class of bugs. However, a pitfall of REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is sending duplicate data across similar XMLHttpRequests. This tip shows how the moderate use of session cookies can maintain just enough server-side state to significantly reduce client-server traffic, while still allowing fallback to cookie-free operation.
E. Berger, S. Stern, и J. Pizzorno. 17th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI 23), Boston, MA, USENIX Association, (июля 2023)