HOW TO CARRY USER IDENTITY ACROSS FEDERATED KUBERNETES AND AI PLATFORMS

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Centralized identity gateways solve the limitations of SSO in federated AI and data platforms by making one service responsible for session creation, validation, refresh, and logout while regional gateways enforce local access policies. The pattern reduces duplicated authentication flows and upstream IdP load while enabling consistent identity propagation and delegated user authorization across Kubernetes clusters, data tools, and AI assistants.