diff --git a/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions.go b/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions.go
index 8a1aaf03827..48819a44091 100644
--- a/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions.go
+++ b/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions.go
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ func (cs *CombinedSessionStore) AddSession(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	cs.sessionLock.Lock()
 	defer cs.sessionLock.Unlock()
 
+	// Clean up old session cookies from previous pods before creating new session
+	// This prevents cookie accumulation when users are load-balanced across multiple pods
+	currentCookieName := SessionCookieName()
+	for _, cookie := range r.Cookies() {
+		// Expire any session cookies that are not for the current pod
+		if strings.HasPrefix(cookie.Name, OpenshiftAccessTokenCookieName) && cookie.Name != currentCookieName {
+			http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
+				Name:   cookie.Name,
+				Value:  "",
+				Path:   cs.clientStore.Options.Path,
+				MaxAge: -1,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
 	ls, err := cs.serverStore.AddSession(tokenVerifier, token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to add session to server store: %w", err)
@@ -193,10 +208,13 @@ func (cs *CombinedSessionStore) DeleteSession(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	defer cs.sessionLock.Unlock()
 
 	for _, cookie := range r.Cookies() {
-		cookie := cookie
 		if strings.HasPrefix(cookie.Name, OpenshiftAccessTokenCookieName) {
-			cookie.MaxAge = -1
-			http.SetCookie(w, cookie)
+			http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
+				Name:   cookie.Name,
+				Value:  "",
+				Path:   cs.clientStore.Options.Path,
+				MaxAge: -1,
+			})
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions_test.go b/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions_test.go
index 9c1ec5f4563..b6e57d06d87 100644
--- a/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/auth/sessions/combined_sessions_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestCombinedSessionStore_AddSession(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				testIDToken,
 			),
-			origRefreshToken: utilptr.To[string]("orig-refresh-token"),
+			origRefreshToken: utilptr.To("orig-refresh-token"),
 			wantRefreshToken: "random-token-string",
 			wantRawToken:     testIDToken,
 		},
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestCombinedSessionStore_AddSession(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				testIDToken,
 			),
-			origSessionToken: utilptr.To[string]("orig-session-token"),
+			origSessionToken: utilptr.To("orig-session-token"),
 			wantRefreshToken: "random-token-string",
 			wantRawToken:     testIDToken,
 		},
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestCombinedSessionStore_AddSession(t *testing.T) {
 				&oauth2.Token{},
 				testIDToken,
 			),
-			origRefreshToken: utilptr.To[string]("random-token-string"),
+			origRefreshToken: utilptr.To("random-token-string"),
 			wantRawToken:     testIDToken,
 		},
 	}
@@ -695,3 +695,51 @@ func indexSessionByRefreshToken(serverStore *SessionStore, refreshToken string,
 	serverStore.byRefreshToken[refreshToken] = session
 	return serverStore
 }
+
+func TestCombinedSessionStore_AddSession_CleansUpOldPodCookies(t *testing.T) {
+	testIDToken := createTestIDToken(`{"sub":"user-id-0"}`)
+	testVerifier := newTestVerifier(`{"sub":"user-id-0"}`)
+
+	encryptionKey := []byte(randomString(32))
+	authnKey := []byte(randomString(64))
+	cs := NewSessionStore(authnKey, encryptionKey, true, "/")
+
+	token := addIDToken(
+		&oauth2.Token{
+			RefreshToken: "new-refresh-token",
+		},
+		testIDToken,
+	)
+
+	// Simulate request with old session cookies from different pods
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+	req.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{Name: OpenshiftAccessTokenCookieName + "-console-old-pod-1", Value: "old-value-1"})
+	req.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{Name: OpenshiftAccessTokenCookieName + "-console-old-pod-2", Value: "old-value-2"})
+	req.AddCookie(&http.Cookie{Name: "other-cookie", Value: "other-value"})
+
+	testWriter := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	_, err := cs.AddSession(testWriter, req, testVerifier, token)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify old pod cookies were expired
+	cookies := testWriter.Result().Cookies()
+	expiredCookies := 0
+	newSessionCookie := false
+	for _, c := range cookies {
+		if c.Name == OpenshiftAccessTokenCookieName+"-console-old-pod-1" ||
+			c.Name == OpenshiftAccessTokenCookieName+"-console-old-pod-2" {
+			require.Equal(t, -1, c.MaxAge, "Old pod cookie %s should be expired", c.Name)
+			expiredCookies++
+		}
+		if c.Name == SessionCookieName() {
+			require.NotEqual(t, -1, c.MaxAge, "New session cookie should not be expired")
+			newSessionCookie = true
+		}
+		if c.Name == "other-cookie" {
+			t.Errorf("Non-session cookie 'other-cookie' should not be modified")
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, 2, expiredCookies, "Both old pod cookies should be expired")
+	require.True(t, newSessionCookie, "New session cookie should be created")
+}