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title: "Application Authentication Overview"
slug: "application-authentication-overview"
updated: 2025-07-28T23:08:04Z
published: 2025-07-28T23:08:04Z
canonical: "help.hyperscience.ai/application-authentication-overview"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.hyperscience.ai/llms.txt
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# Application Authentication Overview

We support the following authentication methods:

- [Built-in user management](/deployment/docs/built-in-user-management)
- [LDAP](/deployment/docs/ldap) (not supported in SaaS instances)
- [OpenID Connect](/deployment/docs/openid-connect-oidc)
- [SAML](/deployment/docs/saml)

> [!NOTE]
> Hyperscience enforces the use of a single authentication method.

## Authentication Sessions

On-premise / private cloud and SaaS instances use stateful sessions. Information about user sessions is stored in the database. When a user logs out on one browser or device, they will only be logged out on that particular browser or device.

Stateful sessions allow us to:

- Increase the security levels of the application.
- Improve user experience.