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Why production AI needs a session layer, not just a stream

calendar_today April 28, 2026 person Mike Christensen domain ably

SSE works for demos – not production. When AI moves from internal tooling to customer-facing products, HTTP streaming breaks at reconnection, device continuity, and cancellation. This post covers the architectural gap and the durable session pattern teams are adopting to close it.

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