Creating a Stateless Request in Magento 1
<?php
...
if (!$this->getFlag('', self::FLAG_NO_START_SESSION)) {
$checkCookie = in_array($this->getRequest()->getActionName(), $this->_cookieCheckActions);
$checkCookie = $checkCookie && !$this->getRequest()->getParam('nocookie', false);
$cookies = Mage::getSingleton('core/cookie')->get();
if ($checkCookie && empty($cookies)) {
$this->setFlag('', self::FLAG_NO_COOKIES_REDIRECT, true);
}
Mage::getSingleton('core/session', array('name' => $this->_sessionNamespace))->start();
}