How often should I rotate proxies for a normal project?

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How often do you change proxies for a normal project? Is it better to change them after a set time or only when needed? What do you normally do?
 
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Yeah depends what you mean but usually as frequent as needed
 
Really depends on what you’re trying to do, if you’re looking to run a botnet of accounts I’d suggest assigning a unique IP to each account. For data scraping just use ISPs, it’s cheaper.
 
Hello, it really depends on your project. In most cases where mobile proxies are used you have to try to keep same IP as long as possible using sticky sessions. Unless you are doing scraping/market research or other tasks requiring frequent IP rotation.
 
Sticky for social media posting etc rotate for scraping - rotating on a timer on social media is a redflag - but the when scraping its about the ip being blocked by GSE mostly when your scraping off keywords that's when you need to freshen the ip
 
Only when needed, honestly, rotating on a timer just burns good IPs early. I switch when I see captchas, slow response times, or a block, not on a schedule.
 
You shouldn't need to rotate at all unless you're getting blocked or something
 
Rotating on a timer usually just burns good IPs and breaks sessions mid-run. What works best for me on public scrapes is holding a sticky IP across small batches so pagination stays intact, then swapping it out only if I catch a errors, or captcha. With accounts it is the opposite, you really want to ride the same IP until it actually forces a re-auth or gets locked
 
for accounts I keep the same sticky IP for the full session, and preferably the same country and ASN on the next login. Changing it too often usually causes more problems

for scraping I rotate based on results. If the success rate drops, 429 errors start showing up, or there are more CAPTCHA, then it is time to rotate. I only use time-based rotation when the traffic is predictable
 
There isn't really a universal rotation time. If the project works fine with a stable IP, changing it constantly can be unnecessary. Rotation makes more sense when the task itself requires fresh IPs or when the current one stops performing properly
 
It depends on your use case.

For example, when solving captchas, repeated requests through the same IP can burn that IP, and you'll get harder and harder challenges, so you rotate.
You don't rotate if you need a consistent request profile throughout the session on the target site.
If you're making one-off requests and your proxy list isn't great, you need to strike a balance: take advantage of a live proxy once you hit one, and keep using it while it stays alive.
 
It depends on the type of project you’re running. For normal projects, stable proxies may be better than rotating too frequently. What kind of project are you working on?
 
Watch your success rate, not the clock, if it starts dropping or you see more captchas -> rotate. If everything still working changing ip is just burning good ip.
 
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