Professional Cloud Developer

Build, test, deploy, and integrate cloud-native applications on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Developer exam across every Domain.

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Google Cloud feature

stateful cookie-based affinity

Topic in 1 exam domain

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Also called: Stateful cookie-based session affinity, STRONG_COOKIE_AFFINITY

A session affinity method where the load balancer encodes the selected backend instance or endpoint directly into the cookie value.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 4 domains

Domain 1
Designing highly scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications
~32% of exam
1. 1.1Designing high-performing applications and APIs
  - Enabling session affinity for performant content delivery

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 23, 2026

Professional Cloud Developer

Build, test, deploy, and integrate cloud-native applications on Google Cloud, and track your readiness for the Professional Cloud Developer exam across every Domain.

Intermediate

Prepare and test your skills

Intermediate

Prepare and test your skills

Google Cloud feature

stateful cookie-based affinity

Topic in 1 exam domain

X LinkedIn Facebook Reddit

Also called: Stateful cookie-based session affinity, STRONG_COOKIE_AFFINITY

A session affinity method where the load balancer encodes the selected backend instance or endpoint directly into the cookie value.

Where this appears on the exam

1 subdomain in 1 of 4 domains

Domain 1
Designing highly scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native applications
~32% of exam
1. 1.1Designing high-performing applications and APIs
  - Enabling session affinity for performant content delivery

How learners score on this topic

Last updated October 23, 2026