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Pre-match
!!! quote "Changes in sing-box 1.14.0"
:material-alert: [route](#route)
!!! quote "Changes in sing-box 1.13.0"
:material-plus: [bypass](#bypass)
Pre-match is rule matching that runs before the connection is established.
How it works
When an L3 inbound (TUN, WireGuard, or Tailscale) receives a connection request, the connection has not yet been established, so no connection data can be read. In this phase, sing-box runs the routing rules in pre-match mode.
Since connection data is unavailable, only actions that do not require connection data can be executed. When a rule matches an action that requires an established connection, pre-match stops at that rule.
Supported actions
reject
Reject with TCP RST / ICMP unreachable.
See reject for details.
route
!!! quote "Changes in sing-box 1.14.0"
Since sing-box 1.14.0, TCP and UDP connections can also be forwarded at L3;
previously only ICMP connections were supported.
Forward connections directly at L3 to the specified outbound, without going through L3 to L4 translation.
Supported targets:
- ICMP connections: Direct outbounds and WireGuard / Tailscale endpoints.
- TCP and UDP connections: WireGuard and Tailscale endpoints.
L3 forwarding also applies when no rule matches and the default outbound is a supported target; for outbound groups, the currently selected outbound is used.
FakeIP destinations require a resolve action performed in pre-match,
otherwise connections will be rejected.
See route for details.
bypass
!!! question "Since sing-box 1.13.0"
!!! quote ""
Only supported on Linux with `auto_redirect` enabled.
Bypass sing-box and connect directly at kernel level.
If outbound is not specified, the rule only matches in pre-match from auto redirect,
and will be skipped in other contexts.
For all other contexts, bypass with outbound behaves like route action.
See bypass for details.