diff --git a/examples/sessions/Cargo.toml b/examples/sessions/Cargo.toml
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-[package]
-name = "example-sessions"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-publish = false
-
-[dependencies]
-async-session = "3.0.0"
-axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra", features = ["typed-header"] }
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
-uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
diff --git a/examples/sessions/src/main.rs b/examples/sessions/src/main.rs
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-//! Run with
-//!
-//! ```not_rust
-//! cargo run -p example-sessions
-//! ```
-
-use async_session::{MemoryStore, Session, SessionStore as _};
-use axum::{
-    async_trait,
-    extract::{FromRef, FromRequestParts},
-    http::{
-        self,
-        header::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue},
-        request::Parts,
-        StatusCode,
-    },
-    response::IntoResponse,
-    routing::get,
-    RequestPartsExt, Router,
-};
-use axum_extra::{headers::Cookie, TypedHeader};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::fmt::Debug;
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
-use uuid::Uuid;
-
-const AXUM_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME: &str = "axum_session";
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(
-            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "example_sessions=debug".into()),
-        )
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-        .init();
-
-    // `MemoryStore` just used as an example. Don't use this in production.
-    let store = MemoryStore::new();
-
-    let app = Router::new().route("/", get(handler)).with_state(store);
-
-    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:3000")
-        .await
-        .unwrap();
-    tracing::debug!("listening on {}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
-    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
-}
-
-async fn handler(user_id: UserIdFromSession) -> impl IntoResponse {
-    let (headers, user_id, create_cookie) = match user_id {
-        UserIdFromSession::FoundUserId(user_id) => (HeaderMap::new(), user_id, false),
-        UserIdFromSession::CreatedFreshUserId(new_user) => {
-            let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
-            headers.insert(http::header::SET_COOKIE, new_user.cookie);
-            (headers, new_user.user_id, true)
-        }
-    };
-
-    tracing::debug!("handler: user_id={:?} send_headers={:?}", user_id, headers);
-
-    (
-        headers,
-        format!(
-            "user_id={:?} session_cookie_name={} create_new_session_cookie={}",
-            user_id, AXUM_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, create_cookie
-        ),
-    )
-}
-
-struct FreshUserId {
-    pub user_id: UserId,
-    pub cookie: HeaderValue,
-}
-
-enum UserIdFromSession {
-    FoundUserId(UserId),
-    CreatedFreshUserId(FreshUserId),
-}
-
-#[async_trait]
-impl<S> FromRequestParts<S> for UserIdFromSession
-where
-    MemoryStore: FromRef<S>,
-    S: Send + Sync,
-{
-    type Rejection = (StatusCode, &'static str);
-
-    async fn from_request_parts(parts: &mut Parts, state: &S) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
-        let store = MemoryStore::from_ref(state);
-
-        let cookie: Option<TypedHeader<Cookie>> = parts.extract().await.unwrap();
-
-        let session_cookie = cookie
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|cookie| cookie.get(AXUM_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME));
-
-        // return the new created session cookie for client
-        if session_cookie.is_none() {
-            let user_id = UserId::new();
-            let mut session = Session::new();
-            session.insert("user_id", user_id).unwrap();
-            let cookie = store.store_session(session).await.unwrap().unwrap();
-            return Ok(Self::CreatedFreshUserId(FreshUserId {
-                user_id,
-                cookie: HeaderValue::from_str(
-                    format!("{}={}", AXUM_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, cookie).as_str(),
-                )
-                .unwrap(),
-            }));
-        }
-
-        tracing::debug!(
-            "UserIdFromSession: got session cookie from user agent, {}={}",
-            AXUM_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME,
-            session_cookie.unwrap()
-        );
-        // continue to decode the session cookie
-        let user_id = if let Some(session) = store
-            .load_session(session_cookie.unwrap().to_owned())
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-        {
-            if let Some(user_id) = session.get::<UserId>("user_id") {
-                tracing::debug!(
-                    "UserIdFromSession: session decoded success, user_id={:?}",
-                    user_id
-                );
-                user_id
-            } else {
-                return Err((
-                    StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-                    "No `user_id` found in session",
-                ));
-            }
-        } else {
-            tracing::debug!(
-                "UserIdFromSession: err session not exists in store, {}={}",
-                AXUM_SESSION_COOKIE_NAME,
-                session_cookie.unwrap()
-            );
-            return Err((StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, "No session found for cookie"));
-        };
-
-        Ok(Self::FoundUserId(user_id))
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-struct UserId(Uuid);
-
-impl UserId {
-    fn new() -> Self {
-        Self(Uuid::new_v4())
-    }
-}