Actually, you both were on the right track. ...Using the example from Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store worked. I did look at the docs while I was doing this -- several times -- but not this one....

Yup, you normally wouldn't use this API (its the low level), but if it doesn't work using this api, then something is really wrong :)

OTOH, have you seen ?? Catalyst::Controller::RequestToken - Handling transaction tokens across forms update: nevermind, doesn't seem to use Session::Token probably not worth investigating further :)