Documentation Index
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May 2026
Introducing Mobile Proxies
Key Features
- 6M+ monthly IPs across 650+ carriers for broad targeting flexibility and expansive global reach
- 1,500+ cities in 190+ countries with city-level reach across every major market
- Carrier Grade NAT protection makes target-side bans impractical and extends the useful lifespan of each address
- Sub-600ms average speeds for latency-sensitive workflows that previously required residential
- Non-expiring data—the bandwidth you buy stays yours until you use it
- Dashboard and API access with full feature parity for easy integration into your own systems
Network Observability Changes
We have began to collate certain hostnames based on how many unique hostnames there are for a given domain. This will primarily effect hostnames that contain unique elements, for example a UUID.Hostnames with a high cardinality will now display in 1 of 3 formats: hostname.TLD, www.hostname.TLD or *.hostname.TLDKey Changes
- Understand Your Usage Previously, certain hostnames that would change showed as seperate entries making it hard to track usage. The new system makes this much clearer
- Dashboard Performance Customers with a large number of requests may begin to see speed-ups as we collate more and more hostnames
April 2026
Dashboard Overhaul
Key Changes
- New design system with a distinct visual identity for every data type—IPs, UUIDs, metrics, and metadata are immediately recognizable at a glance
- Consistent tables with unified filtering, sorting, pagination, and column selection across the entire platform
- Fixed-width central viewport for a more focused, readable layout with less eye movement
- Product-first structure where each service has its own space showing usage, allocation, and implementation up front
- Unified IAM layer with Proxy Users now clearly managing team members, applications, and agents across the whole platform
- Contextual code examples built from your actual account configuration—copy and use immediately, no placeholder filling
- Real-time API analytics with table and graph views for live debugging without jumping between tools
- Persistent table preferences that carry across sessions, with an easy reset option
April 2026
Ping Proxies is Now Byteful
What’s Changed
- New domain at byteful.com with all applications unified under the Byteful brand
- Redesigned platform with improved proxy analytics, network observability, and enterprise team access features
- Existing infrastructure remains accessible via residential.pingproxies.com and api.pingproxies.com during the transition
- No disruption for existing customers—everything continues to work as before
What’s Next
- Extended API-first proxy management and developer tooling for AI companies
- TCP/IP fingerprinting technologies for more advanced proxy management
- Infrastructure designed for agentic AI workflows at scale
- New carrier partnerships, additional product lines, and a startup program launching later this year
January 2026
IPv6 Website Compatibility Checker
We’ve released a free tool that lets you instantly check whether any website supports IPv6 connections. Simply enter a URL and get immediate results showing IPv6 compatibility status, resolved addresses, and connection details.This tool addresses a common pain point—manually testing IPv6 support is tedious and time-consuming. Whether you’re planning IPv6 proxy deployments, auditing target sites, or troubleshooting connectivity issues, this checker gives you the answers in seconds.Try the IPv6 Compatibility Checker →Key Features
- Instant compatibility detection for any website URL
- DNS resolution details showing AAAA records and IPv6 addresses
- Connection testing to verify actual IPv6 reachability
- No account required—completely free to use
Proxy Formatter Tool
We’ve launched a utility that converts proxy lists between different formats with a single click. Paste your proxies in any common format and instantly export them in the format your tools require.Reformatting proxy lists manually is repetitive work that eats into productive time. This tool handles the conversion automatically, supporting formats likeip:port:user:pass, user:pass@ip:port, URL-encoded strings, and more.Try the Proxy Formatter →Key Features
- Multi-format support for all common proxy string formats
- Batch conversion for processing entire proxy lists at once
- Protocol prefixes with optional HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 formatting
- One-click copy to clipboard for immediate use
Proxy List Options & Proxy User ID Search
We’ve added new proxy list options and the ability to search proxies by proxy user ID to the API, giving you more flexibility when managing and filtering your proxy inventory.Key Features
- Proxy list options for more flexible proxy listing configurations
- Search by proxy user ID to quickly find proxies assigned to specific users
December 2025
Proxy User ACL Rules
Key Features
- Service-restricted access limits users to specific proxy services
- Proxy-restricted access limits users to individual proxies you choose
- Flexible rule creation through the dashboard or API
- Built-in proxy filtering to easily select which resources to grant
- Available to all users at no additional cost
Enhanced Proxy Error Reporting
Key Features
- Connection trace visualization showing the full Client → Proxy Server → Target Server path
- Human-readable error explanations for 115+ error types
- Hint solutions for authentication, upstream, and network-related issues
- Multi-region testing to detect geo-specific failures and routing inconsistencies
- API support for automated testing and global error reporting
- Shareable results with expanded technical metadata
September 2025
Proxy Testing Capability
Key Features
- Tesitng across multiple regions allows realistic world-wide measurement
- Latency testing enables performance analysis of your proxies
- Test against any website to validate real-world scenarios
- Accurate geolocation data for geographic understanding of your proxies
- Instant data retrieval so you can test quickly and reliably
August 2025
Session TTL (Time To Live) Support
HTTP2/HTTP3 Support on Residential Network Beta
- Access the beta at:
https://beta.residential.byteful.com - Expected to ship to production within the next month.
HTTPS Launch on Residential Network Beta
- Access the beta at:
https://beta.residential.byteful.com - Expected to ship to production within the next month.
July 2025
Live Pool Indicators and Advanced Geographic Targeting
Key Features
- Live pool size indicators show real-time IP availability for selected parameters
- U.S. state-level targeting allows precise geographic control across all 50 states
- ZIP code targeting enables hyper-local traffic routing for granular use cases
- Node counts per configuration let you validate availability before sending requests
- Dashboard and API access gives full control via UI or integration
Improved Automated KYC Procedure
Smartpath® Launch
Key Features
- AI-powered optimization that reduces data costs by up to 40%
- Zero setup required—enable with a single click or API parameter
- Intelligent request routing through datacenter IPs for non-essential traffic
- Continuous learning from hundreds of millions of network requests daily
June 2025
Live Network Activity
- Monitor requests in real-time with automatic updates
- View detailed metrics for each proxy connection
- Filter by network, proxy IP, target domain, response codes and more!
- Get clear explanations of status codes and error conditions
Residential Network Improvements in US East
- 61% additional latency reduction (75% total improvement from baseline)
- 4X server capacity expansion in the region
- New Points of Presence (PoPs) added to bare-metal infrastructure
- Enhanced failover and redundancy capabilities
- Improved performance stability during peak usage periods
- Increased reliability for high-volume traffic handling
May 2025
Network Observability Panel
- Filter activity by hostname, proxy user, and network for any time period
- Apply advanced filtering with operators like != and contains
- View error rates, request counts, and data usage summaries
- Analyze top 100 hostnames with detailed traffic statistics
- Monitor top 100 proxy users with performance metrics
- Examine traffic distribution across different networks
- Track usage patterns with daily traffic graphs
- Access hourly log summaries organized by proxy user, network, and hostname
Residential Generator Improvements
We’re excited to announce improvements to our residential endpoint generator on our dashboard.Key Improvements- Added format generation including socks5h
- Improved searching for city, country and ASN targeting options
- Availability labels have been added for city, country and ASN targeting options to allow customers to see whether nodes are available for particular options.
April 2025
Dashboard API Panel Launch
API Key Manager
- Label keys for easy tracking
- View creation dates
- Delete keys when no longer needed
- Create multiple keys for different applications or team members
- Track all API calls including endpoints, response codes, and timestamps
- View request volume over time
- Access complete details for every API call
- Easily monitor performance and troubleshoot integration issues
Byteful REST API Launch
We’re excited to announce the general availability of our fully-featured Byteful REST API, enabling programmatic access to our platform and proxy networks.Major capabilities- Comprehensive proxy search with filtering by country, ASN, subnet, and more
- Residential proxy generation (sticky or rotating) tied to any proxy user
- Complete proxy user management (create, edit, delete, rotate passwords)
- Real-time analytics for detailed traffic usage across all networks
- Object metadata for attaching key-value pairs to resources
- Programmatic purchasing with complete checkout flow
- Powerful search operators for precise resource queries
- Simple API key creation and management from your dashboard
- Detailed request logs and usage statistics
- Multi-language support (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, Go, Java)
- Developer-friendly documentation with OpenAPI specification
- Try It buttons for testing against sandbox environment
- Structured error definitions and request IDs for easy troubleshooting
