# Proxies

> Add your own proxies, test them, group them, and choose how accounts log in through them.


Every Steam login goes through a proxy. An account with no usable proxy does not sign in.

Open **Proxies** under **Management** to add, test, and group them. [Quick start](/docs/en/getting-started/quick-start) is the short version of the first five minutes. This page is the rest.

## Shared pool vs your own

Until you add proxies, your accounts log in through a pool shared with every other SteamLabs user. That is fine for trying the product. It is shared, and it stops at 50 accounts. Past that, account tasks fail until you add your own.

![The proxies page with no proxies added](/images/docs/quickstart-proxies-empty.png "The shared pool notice at the top of an empty Proxies page.")

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Add your own proxies as soon as you can. The shared pool is a start, not something to run a fleet on.

Once you add your own proxies, accounts stop using the shared pool. Unassigned accounts use your pool instead.

## Where to get proxies

We recommend [Webshare](https://www.webshare.io/?referral_code=8e8b8haotsab). Paid HTTP or SOCKS5 proxies from a provider like that are what SteamLabs expects.

How you use them is up to you:

- **A list of static proxies.** Export the list from Webshare, import it here, then pin a proxy (or a group) to each account when you want that account to keep one IP.
- **A rotating endpoint.** One host and port whose provider changes the exit IP. Import that single endpoint and leave accounts on your pool, or pin it to the accounts that should use it.

Both work. Pick static when an account should keep one IP. Pick rotating when you just need coverage and do not care which IP comes out.

CSFloat, Market.CSGO, DMarket, and Skinport are the exception: they need a dedicated static proxy. Skin.Land does not. See [Connecting a marketplace](/docs/en/market/connecting-a-marketplace).

## Add proxies

Use **New Proxy** for one, or **Import** to paste a list. Import takes one proxy per line:

```text
host:port
host:port:user:pass
host:port@user:pass
user:pass@host:port
```

Each line can start with `http://` or `socks5://`. Lines without a prefix use the **Default protocol** in the modal. Set **Type** to **Static** or **Rotating** to match what you pasted. Duplicates you already own are skipped. You can add the new rows to groups in the same modal.

![The proxy import modal with a list pasted in](/images/docs/quickstart-proxy-import.png "Paste one proxy per line. Set Type to match the list: static IPs or a rotating endpoint.")

**New Proxy** is the same fields one at a time: protocol, host, port, type, optional username and password, optional login rate limit.

![The New Proxy form](/images/docs/proxies-new.png "Protocol, host, port and type. Username and password are optional.")

## Test them

New proxies land as Untested. **Test** on a row, **Test selected**, or **Test all** queues a check. Workers report latency, the exit IP, and whether Steam is reachable.

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| Untested | Never checked. Still used for logins. |
| Checking | A check is running. |
| Healthy | Last check reached Steam. |
| Unreachable | Could not connect. |
| Steam Blocked | Connected, but Steam refused it. |

![The proxies list after a few checks](/images/docs/proxies-list.png "Stats at the top, then each proxy with its status, latency, exit IP and groups.")

> [!TIP]
> Untested proxies are still used for logins. Test them so a dead proxy shows up here instead of as a failed task.

A check on a rotating proxy samples several connections and shows **Unique IPs**. If you marked it rotating but every sample came back on the same IP, the list flags that. Set a **Login rate limit** so Steam sign-ins pace themselves instead of stacking on one address.

## Static or rotating

Set **Type** when you add them.

- **Static**: one fixed exit IP.
- **Rotating**: one endpoint, the provider rotates the exit IP.

**Login rate limit** caps how many Steam sign-ins may start through that proxy per minute, across all your tasks. Tasks over the limit wait their turn. Leave it blank for no cap. Use it on static proxies, and on rotating ones that only change IP on an interval.

## Groups

Groups are named sets you can assign as one unit. A proxy can sit in several groups.

On **Proxy Groups**, create a group, open it, then **Add proxies**. Deleting a group keeps the proxies. Accounts that used only that group fall back to your pool.

![A proxy group and its members](/images/docs/proxies-groups.png "A group page: its members below, and Add proxies to attach more.")

## Assign to accounts

Leave an account unassigned and it logs in through your whole pool (or the shared pool while you have none). Pin a proxy or a group when you want that account to use only those.

You can also link proxy groups on an **Account group**. Every account in that group, including ones you add later, uses those proxy groups. It is the same as pinning the groups on each account. Pins on the account itself still apply, and the two sets are combined. Moving an account out of the group drops the group's proxies. Its own pins stay.

Pinned means pinned. If every assigned proxy is unusable, the login is refused. It does not fall back to the rest of your pool.

Do this from the account page (**Assigned proxies** and **Proxy groups**), from **Account Groups** (the **Proxy groups** field), or in bulk on **Accounts**:

- **Assign proxies** pins the same selection to every selected account
- **Distribute proxies** gives each account its own proxy from the selection
- **Assign proxy groups** pins groups instead
- **Clear assigned proxies** removes pins and groups on the account. Links on the account group stay.

![The accounts table with mixed proxy assignments](/images/docs/proxies-assign.png "The Proxies column: Pool when nothing is pinned, a count or group name when something is.")

> [!TIP]
> **Distribute proxies** is the fast way to give each account its own static IP from a list you imported.

## Marketplaces

CSFloat, Market.CSGO, and Skinport will not connect without a **dedicated static proxy**: one static proxy used by that account and no other. CSFloat and Market.CSGO expect every request for an account to come from the same IP. Skinport treats a new IP as a new device and emails a confirm link that only finishes the sign-in from that same address.

Skin.Land can use a dedicated proxy but does not require one.

The checklist and the rest of the connect flow live on [Connecting a marketplace](/docs/en/market/connecting-a-marketplace).