A method for maintaining a session between a smart thin client and a smart thin client server is provided. The smart thin client server permits a user to create, manage, and deploy enterprise applications via the smart thin client but lacks the ability to save state information. The method includes detecting a log-off event for the session between the smart thin client and the smart thin client server; and saving, by the smart thin client server in a database accessible by the smart thin client server, state information for the session, in a record containing a user identification corresponding to a user of the smart thin client.