Organizing and switching multiple profiles
Profiles can hold any number of configs; used well, they isolate scenarios cleanly:
Ways to organize
- By provider: primary provider one card, backup another — when the primary melts down, one click switches; no hunting for subscription links in a crisis;
- By scenario: derive a "work" variant (intranet domains direct, entertainment blocked) and a "home" variant (everything) from the same subscription using Parsers ("Parsers basics");
- Experiment sandbox: duplicate a profile before big rule surgery — if it breaks, click back to the original. Zero risk.
What switches with the profile — and what does not
- Per-profile: node list, group structure, rules, DNS settings (each profile remembers its own node selections);
- Global: the system proxy switch, TUN state, ports, and Mixin — Mixin overlays every profile, which is exactly why universal customizations belong in Mixin and subscription-specific ones in Parsers.
After switching, glance at the Proxies page to confirm the selected node, then check a connection or two on the Connections page to confirm the new profile behaves as expected.