---
title: "ProxyPolicy"
description: "how one way routes: which pool kind, whether the exit sticks to the held identity, the country, and which failure classes rotate the exit"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/proxypolicy
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ProxyPolicy

how one way routes: which pool kind, whether the exit sticks to the held identity, the country, and which failure classes rotate the exit

[figure: ProxyPolicy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| `pool_kind` | `one of none \| datacenter \| residential \| ISP \| mobile \| the person's machine` | yes |  |
| `sticky_to_identity` | `bool` | yes | a signed-in identity keeps one exit |
| `country` | `text` | no |  |
| `rotate_on` | `[text]` | yes | failure classes |



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