diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/__init__.py b/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/__init__.py
index 3e4158587..61af110a4 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/__init__.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ def get_proxy_url() -> str | None:
     return get_active_provider().get_proxy_url()
 
 
+def get_sticky_proxy_url(session_id: str) -> str | None:
+    """Proxy URL pinned to a stable vendor session when supported."""
+    return get_active_provider().get_sticky_proxy_url(session_id)
+
+
 def get_playwright_proxy() -> dict[str, str] | None:
     """Playwright-style proxy dict, or ``None`` when not configured."""
     return get_active_provider().get_playwright_proxy()
@@ -45,5 +50,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "get_proxy_url",
     "get_requests_proxies",
     "get_residential_proxy_url",
+    "get_sticky_proxy_url",
     "is_pool_backed",
 ]
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/base.py b/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/base.py
index ed67cd384..a4ef768c7 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/base.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/base.py
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ class ProxyProvider(ABC):
             return None
         return {"http": proxy_url, "https": proxy_url}
 
+    def get_sticky_proxy_url(self, session_id: str) -> str | None:
+        """Return a proxy URL pinned to ``session_id`` when supported.
+
+        Providers without vendor-specific session routing safely fall back to
+        their ordinary proxy URL.
+        """
+        return self.get_proxy_url()
+
     def get_location(self) -> str:
         """Return the proxy's configured exit region (e.g. ``"us"``), or ``""``.
 
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/providers/dataimpulse.py b/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/providers/dataimpulse.py
index 17d09325f..ed498321e 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/providers/dataimpulse.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/utils/proxy/providers/dataimpulse.py
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@ Example URL::
 
     http://<token>__cr.us:<password>@gw.dataimpulse.com:823
 
-ponytail: sticky sessions (a stable exit IP across requests) are another
-username suffix (``__sid.<id>``) — the lever the Reddit scraper's README flags as
-a TODO for its ``loid``-per-IP flow. Not built yet: Reddit isn't wired to a
-route, so there's no caller to thread a session id through. Add a
-``get_sticky_proxy_url(session_id)`` here (rewriting the username) when it lands.
+Sticky sessions use the vendor's ``__sid.<id>`` username suffix, allowing a
+caller to keep cookies and requests on the same exit IP.
 """
 
 import logging
-from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+import re
+from urllib.parse import quote, urlsplit, urlunsplit
 
 from app.config import Config
 from app.utils.proxy.base import ProxyProvider
@@ -34,6 +32,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # DataImpulse encodes country routing as a "__cr.<country>" username suffix; the
 # country token runs until the next "__" param (e.g. "__sid") or the end.
 _COUNTRY_MARKER = "__cr."
+_SESSION_RE = re.compile(r"__sid\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+")
 
 
 class DataImpulseProvider(ProxyProvider):
@@ -54,3 +53,25 @@ class DataImpulseProvider(ProxyProvider):
         if _COUNTRY_MARKER not in username:
             return ""
         return username.split(_COUNTRY_MARKER, 1)[1].split("__", 1)[0].lower()
+
+    def get_sticky_proxy_url(self, session_id: str) -> str | None:
+        """Return the configured URL with a deterministic sticky-session suffix."""
+        url = self.get_proxy_url()
+        if not url:
+            return None
+        safe_id = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9_-]", "-", session_id).strip("-")
+        if not safe_id:
+            raise ValueError("session_id must contain at least one letter or digit")
+        parts = urlsplit(url)
+        username = parts.username or ""
+        username = _SESSION_RE.sub("", username) + f"__sid.{safe_id}"
+        userinfo = quote(username, safe="%")
+        if parts.password is not None:
+            userinfo += f":{quote(parts.password, safe='%')}"
+        host = parts.hostname or ""
+        netloc = f"{userinfo}@{host}"
+        if parts.port:
+            netloc += f":{parts.port}"
+        return urlunsplit(
+            (parts.scheme, netloc, parts.path, parts.query, parts.fragment)
+        )