# node-RED Backup Flow

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**Created:** [17 April 2020 20:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-backup-flow/25033 "2020-04-17T20:52:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [7 July 2020 19:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-backup-flow/25033/16 "2020-07-07T19:41:39Z")

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> [@cymplecy](#):
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> Is it important to backup .sessions.json? what is that file for?

I did give some thought to removing that, because as far as I'm aware, it's a file that keeps users logged in, with the assumption that if deleted, all users would again need to login, and the file would be recreated (I'm happy to be corrected @dceejay ).  
If so, maybe restoring the `.sessions.json` could create more problems than not?

But... it was in @cflurin's [original DSM configuration](https://github.com/cflurin/node-red-contrib-dsm/wiki/Backup), and [this post](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/choosing-an-architecture-for-home-automation/6107/18), which persuaded me to keep it in.  
Maybe it should go??

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