---
title: Anonymous Session Upgrade node
description: Upgrades an anonymous session to a non-anonymous session in PingAM journeys.
component: auth-node-ref
version: 8
page_id: auth-node-ref::anonymous-session-upgrade
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/anonymous-session-upgrade.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: 2026-09-01T13:00:59Z
keywords: ["Nodes & Trees", "Journeys", "Authentication", "Sessions"]
page_aliases: ["auth-node-anonymous-session-upgrade.adoc"]
superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/anonymous-session-upgrade.html
section_ids:
  example: Example
  availability: Availability
  inputs: Inputs
  dependencies: Dependencies
  configuration: Configuration
  outputs: Outputs
  callbacks: Callbacks
  outcomes: Outcomes
  errors: Errors
---

# Anonymous Session Upgrade node

The Anonymous Session Upgrade node lets you upgrade an anonymous session to an identified session.

## Example

After using the [Anonymous User Mapping node](anonymous-user-mapping.html) to access AM as an anonymous user, this node lets users upgrade their session to a non-anonymous one:

![Lets anonymous users upgrade their session](_images/trees-node-anonymous-session-upgrade-example-platform.png)

## Availability

| Product                               | Available? |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud       | Yes        |
| PingAM (self-managed)                 | Yes        |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed) | Yes        |

## Inputs

None. This node doesn't read shared state data.

## Dependencies

The node requires an existing anonymous session. Use it after the [Anonymous User Mapping node](anonymous-user-mapping.html) node or another node that creates an anonymous session.

## Configuration

This node has no configurable properties.

## Outputs

The node upgrades the current anonymous session when the previous authentication session was created by an anonymous journey.

## Callbacks

This node doesn't send any callbacks.

## Outcomes

Single outcome path.

## Errors

The node can log the following errors:

* `Failed to get previous session`

  The node couldn't retrieve the session identified by the request SSO token.

* `Unable to create AMAuthenticationManager instance`

  The node couldn't load the authentication configuration for the realm. Check that the realm and its authentication configuration are available.