Profiles and Nodes

Profiles & Nodes

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Profiles

A profile is one imported subscription (or config file). The Profiles screen lists them all; the one marked Active is the one in use.

Managing profiles

• Add — ＋ Add / Import by URL, from a file, or by pasting share links.
• Activate — click a profile. If the VPN is on, SlothClash reloads the new config live, without dropping the tunnel.
• Update — refresh a single profile or all at once. Updating re-downloads the config and keeps your node selections where possible.
• Rename / delete / export — from the profile's actions menu.

Proxy groups

Each profile exposes the proxy groups defined in its config (e.g. PROXY, an auto / url-test group, country groups). The summary shows the currently selected Group · Server.

Nodes

A node is a single server. Your config organises nodes into groups:

• Selector — you manually pick one node / subgroup.
• URL-Test / Fallback / Load-Balance — the group picks a node automatically (fastest / first-alive / balanced). These often show as an Auto entry.

Choosing a node

1. Open the Proxies screen.
2. Groups are listed at the top; nodes below.
3. Click Test / Ping to health-check and see latency per node.
4. Click a node to select it — the check mark moves and the dashboard updates.

Search and sorting help when a subscription ships hundreds of nodes.

A ping is not a guarantee. The latency test runs from the core directly to a test URL; real traffic goes through the TUN adapter. If a node pings but pages don't load, see Troubleshooting.

Rule vs Global mode

The Mode toggle decides how much traffic uses the proxy:

Mode	Behaviour
Rule	Traffic follows the config's routing rules — some domains/IPs go direct, some through the proxy. The normal, efficient choice.
Global	Everything goes through the selected proxy, ignoring rules.
Direct	Nothing is proxied — everything goes direct (useful for a quick A/B test).

Switching profiles while connected

You can switch the active profile without disconnecting — SlothClash reloads the core to the new profile's config and updates the selected node.

Related

• Routing & Rules — customise what Rule mode does
• Getting Started