# Authentication
URL: /cookbook/topics/authentication

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title: Authentication
description: Patterns for persisting and replaying authenticated sessions across Steel browsers.
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<RecipeGrid>
<RecipeCard slug="profiles" title={"Persist authenticated sessions with Profiles"} description={"Maintain authenticated sessions across Steel browser instances using profiles."} topics={['Steel APIs', 'Authentication']} date="2025-10-13" />
<RecipeCard slug="auth-context" title={"Reuse authenticated sessions across browsers"} description={"Maintain authenticated sessions across Steel browser instances by capturing and reusing cookies and local storage."} topics={['Steel APIs', 'Authentication']} date="2025-03-11" />
<RecipeCard slug="credentials" title={"Automate logins with the Credentials API"} description={"Use the Steel Credentials API with Playwright to automate flows with stored credentials."} topics={['Steel APIs', 'Authentication', 'Playwright']} date="2024-11-19" />
</RecipeGrid>