Massively scalable real-time messaging architecture serving millions of concurrent WebSocket connections, handling 1-on-1 and group chats with message persistence.
STAFF ENGINEER TAKEAWAY: Maintain connection affinity via WebSocket Gateway nodes with a distributed Redis Pub/Sub cluster routing messages between servers.
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