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BABetter Auth
Created by Allan on 3/10/2025 in #help
How to store custom data in session?
I was able to add "data" field to session, but I haven't yet found a way how to edit that during the session, for example when user edits the preferred language. Does Better Auth expose session editing methods? 
  session: {
    additionalFields: {
      data: {
        type: "string",
        required: false,
        defaultValue: "{}",
      },
    },
  },
  session: {
    additionalFields: {
      data: {
        type: "string",
        required: false,
        defaultValue: "{}",
      },
    },
  },
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BABetter Auth
Created by Allan on 3/10/2025 in #help
How to store custom data in session?
Thx for the feedback. I hoped to store session data in Redis or other KV-store that does not need persistence. But when I think about it now, then it would also make sense to have additional column "data" as JSON field in sessions table. Is there a way to extend sessions table and ability to store data there, similarly to Laravel's session()->put()? Or do I need to handle these inserting to database manually and enriching sessions response using https://www.better-auth.com/docs/concepts/session-management#customizing-session-response?
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