Middleware can't access variables?

[reef osprey]

I have a file stored in "@/lib/sessions.js
Its a file I use to handle my sessions.
In my session.js file, I have a map called "sessionMap" which stores key(sessionIds) and value(sessions).
In this file, I also have a function called DebugSessions() which tells me the size of the "sessionMap" variable.
While passing through the middleware, the size of "sessionMap" is always 0 but if its called elsewhere (for example: route handler) the current size of the "sessionMap" is logged.
I'm assuming that middlewares can't interact with sessionMap for some reason?
Whats the work around to this?

[pine owl]

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[inner apex]

middlewares run in a completely different environment than the rest of the files, so they can't share the same memory. there is no workaround for this besides doing a network request to your server if you want to have persistent state across different middleware requests

[reef osprey]

Is that solution recommended? or would you recommend I go about what I'm trying to do via another method?

[inner apex]

what exactly are you trying to do?