Sauce Connect Proxy Sharing Tunnel

Sauce Connect Proxy supports tunnel sharing within an organization, enabling multiple users or service accounts to access the same tunnel.

To enable sharing, start Sauce Connect Proxy with the --shared all flag.

Access Based on User Roles

The ability to use a Sauce Connect Proxy tunnel depends on the role of the user who starts the tunnel.

Role	Can Share Tunnels With	Can Use Tunnels Created By	Can Stop Tunnels Created By
Organization Admin	Any user	Any user	Any user
Team Admin	All members of their team	Organization admins, team members, themselves	Themselves and other team members
Team Member	All members of their team	Organization admins, team members, themselves	Only themselves
Service Account	❌ Cannot create or share tunnels	Organization admins, team members	❌ Cannot stop any tunnels

For details about user roles and permissions, see User Roles.

Using a Shared Tunnel

To use a shared tunnel in your test, set the tunnelOwner capability in your test configuration to the username of the tunnel owner.