---
title: "PageHints"
description: "how a page was read and what was kept out"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/pagehints
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PageHints

how a page was read and what was kept out

[figure: PageHints is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `text_truncated` | `bool` | yes |  |
| `links_truncated` | `bool` | yes |  |
| `capture_method` | `one of selected_tab_visible_text \| selected_tab_scrolled \| selected_tab_ambient \| fetched_static` | yes |  |
| `network_events_captured` | `bool` | yes |  |
| `redacted_fields` | `count` | yes |  |
| `redacted_addresses` | `count` | yes |  |
| `redacted_patterns` | `count` | yes |  |
| `rounds` | `count` | no |  |
| `items` | `count` | no |  |
| `stopped_by` | `text` | no |  |
| `trigger` | `one of say-so \| a submit \| leaving the page \| the page settled \| a timer` | no | what made a capture under a rule |
| `events_dropped` | `count` | no | network events past the bound or outside the filters |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns PageHints directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.