DNR: Add functional tests for Session Persistence OSS and Plus

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Problem: We want to ensure everything works as expected for Session persistence feature

Solution: Add functional tests for Session persistence

Did some code refactoring for request and response, verified all tests pass

Note : need to check if ubi builds pass with experimental mode always on, or else need to fix this test

Testing: Ran tests locally

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Closes #4232

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