# Auth

Auth section is used for specifying that the endpoint selected for running the probe should be authenticated. Auth header is stripped off and a sample request is made. If the request gives status 2xx, then we skip running the probe on that particular endpoint.

**How Header Is Selected By Yaml Execution Engine -**

Key Defined in User Config Section is picked as authentication header.

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