With a rotating proxy every connection gets a new address. A sticky session switches that off for a while: every request that carries the same session label leaves from the same address until the time runs out or the connection behind it drops.
Use one for anything a site expects a single visitor to do: signing in, filling a cart, a browser profile, solving a captcha and then submitting the form. On BooProxies the session is part of the username, like this: USERNAME-country-us-time-600-session-a1b2c3d4. The same label gives the same address; a new label gives a new one.
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Questions about sticky session
How long does a sticky session last?
For the time you set, or until the connection behind the address goes offline, whichever comes first. On mobile plans you choose a short or a long hold instead of a number of seconds.
What happens when a sticky session ends?
The next request with the same label gets a new address and a new session starts. Nothing breaks, but a site may ask you to sign in again if it ties the login to the address.
Related terms
- Session ID
- A session ID is a short label you add to a proxy username. Requests that carry the same label leave from the same IP address.
- Rotating proxy
- A rotating proxy gives each new connection a different IP address from a pool, so no single address makes enough requests to be noticed.
- IP rotation
- IP rotation means changing the IP address your requests come from, either on every connection or after a set time, to spread them out.
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