Hi @uniqueginun
It stores the encoded(base64_encode) data from a session.
Example
$request->session()->put('key', 'value');
value (and some more info as user ID and the current timestamp) will be encoded stored in the payload column.
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I was wondering what is the big string stored in payload column in sessions table used for?
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