clientCharacteristics

Property Manager name: Client Characteristics
Behavior version: The v2025-09-09 rule format supports the clientCharacteristics behavior v1.0.
Rule format status: Deprecated, outdated rule format
Access: Read/Write
Allowed in includes: Yes

Specifies characteristics of the client ecosystem. Akamai uses this information to optimize your metadata configuration, which may result in better end-user performance.

See also originCharacteristics and various product-specific behaviors whose names are prefixed contentCharacteristics.

Option	Type	Description
`country`	enum	Specifies the client request's geographic region.	{"displayType":"enum","options":["GLOBAL","GLOBAL_US_CENTRIC","GLOBAL_EU_CENTRIC","GLOBAL_ASIA_CENTRIC","EUROPE","NORTH_AMERICA","SOUTH_AMERICA","NORDICS","ASIA_PACIFIC","AUSTRALIA","GERMANY","INDIA","ITALY","JAPAN","TAIWAN","UNITED_KINGDOM","OTHER","UNKNOWN"],"tag":"select"}
	`GLOBAL`	Global.
	`GLOBAL_US_CENTRIC`	Regional.
	`GLOBAL_EU_CENTRIC`	Regional.
	`GLOBAL_ASIA_CENTRIC`	Regional.
	`EUROPE`	Europe.
	`NORTH_AMERICA`	North America.
	`SOUTH_AMERICA`	South America.
	`NORDICS`	Northern Europe.
	`ASIA_PACIFIC`	Asia and Pacific Islands.
	`AUSTRALIA`	Australia.
	`GERMANY`	Germany.
	`INDIA`	India.
	`ITALY`	Italy.
	`JAPAN`	Japan.
	`TAIWAN`	Taiwan.
	`UNITED_KINGDOM`	United Kingdom.
	`OTHER`	A fallback value.
	`UNKNOWN`	Defer any optimizations.