You're using Apache::Session and sometimes the data doesn't stay saved when you think it should (like mentioned in Re: State-keeping modules). Chances are it's a closure that is to blame.

Just add the DESTROY method to your derived class and it will spew a warning anytime it detects this happening. (YMMV of course.)

package Apache::Session::Derived::Class;
use strict;
our $VERSION = '1.00';
our @ISA     = qw(Apache::Session);

use Apache::Session;
...

sub populate {
    my $self = shift;
    ...
    return $self;
}

sub DESTROY {
    my $self = shift;

    local $@;

    eval {
        $self->save;
    };

    if ( $@ ) {
        my $error = $@;
        my $msg = q{Can't call method ".*?" on an undefined value at }
            . q{.*?/Apache/Session\.pm line \d+ during global destruct
+ion.};
        if ( $error =~ m/$msg/ ) {
          warn "Unable to save session changes! (Closure around sessio
+n?)\n";
        } else {
          warn $error;
        }
    }

    $self->release_all_locks;
}

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I would like to thank diotalevi for pointing out the need for localizing $@.

In reply to (Apache::Session) Detect a Failure to Save Session by Mr. Muskrat

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