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Understand the ‘Remote Session’

The Remote Session is a feature in the Flow Studio that enables you to test and debug flows on remote Nodes. While most of you are already familiar with the concept, there are a few technical details worth keeping in mind:

1. From a technical perspective, a Remote Session is based on WebSocket communication. When you start a session, both the Node and your browser establish a WebSocket connection to the Crosser Control Center (CCC) backend.

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2. Everything that happens during a Remote Session—including debug messages—is temporary. Nothing is deployed or stored persistently.

3. If you run a Flow in a Remote Session that is already deployed on the Node, a new instance of that Flow is started. You are not debugging the deployed instance itself.

Tip: If you encounter issues with a Remote Session, the most common causes are a proxy or firewall blocking the WebSocket connection, or an ad blocker interfering with it.

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David Nienhaus | Senior Solution Engineer

David is a Senior Solution Engineer at Crosser. He has over 15 years experience working with software integration and digitization projects for critical infrastructure.
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