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Jakarta Faces Flow Scope: Managing Multi-Step UX Without Session State

Multi-step flows are common in UX, including onboarding, checkout, account setup, approval processes, configuration wizards, and administrative tasks. These require users to move through multiple screens while continuing a consistent working state. The challenge is to keep this state active for the duration of the interaction, but not beyond. Request scope is too short, while session scope often extends longer than the business process needs.Jakarta Faces handles this with @FlowScoped, which manages state based on the lifecycle of a flow instead of a single page or the entire session. This article uses a customer segmentation application to demonstrate how a flow can guide users through configuration, preview, and confirmation, while maintaining state across each step. This approach creates a cleaner model for wizard-style UX: the scope begins when the user enters the flow, persists during navigation, and ends upon exit.