A custom direct list: sites that must never touch the proxy
Some sites should never see a proxy: online banking and payments (foreign IPs trip risk control, sometimes freezing cards), corporate intranet systems, domestic game boosters, streaming sites (avoid detours and stutter). The fix is high-priority DIRECT rules for them.
Append via Mixin (recommended)
Editing the subscription file directly gets overwritten on the next update; the durable way is Settings → Profile Mixin, inserting rules at the front:
mixin:
rules:
- DOMAIN-SUFFIX,icbc.com.cn,DIRECT
- DOMAIN-SUFFIX,alipay.com,DIRECT
- DOMAIN-SUFFIX,company-internal.com,DIRECT
# then re-append the original rules (syntax depends on your Mixin template — see Mixin basics)
Verifying
- Visit the target site;
- Search its domain on the Connections page;
- Confirm the Chains column reads
DIRECT.
The inverse approach also exists: point the MATCH catch-all at DIRECT and whitelist only the sites that need the proxy — suits light proxy users; see the discussion in "The MATCH catch-all".