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# Operating & Monitoring

## Operating Sestra

Sestra operates continuously in the background. Operations focus on:

* session creation
* verification handling
* event delivery

No user management or billing operations are required.

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## Monitoring and Observability

Monitoring focuses on:

* session creation rate
* verification success
* session expiration

No user behavior tracking is required.