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# Public Tracking Links

> Practical guide to current CHRT public tracking workflows and saved-record checks.

## Review what you intend to share

A public tracking URL can be opened outside your organization. Treat it as a link a recipient may forward. Decide which sources the recipient needs and inspect the recipient-facing page before sharing it. Public tracking is separate from inviting someone into your CHRT organization.

## Open the order sharing controls

Open the order and choose **Share tracking** from its **Order actions** menu, if available to your role. The dialog lists **Tracking Settings by Segment** 1. Each segment has a **Driver Location** source with its own **Sharing is** control 2; while it is off the dialog reads **Public sharing is off.** 3. Cargo sources appear under **Cargo (Driver Tracking)** 4 with their own controls. If settings fail to load, retry rather than assuming the displayed state is current.

![The Share Tracking dialog with sharing Off, with numbers 1 to 4 on Tracking Settings by Segment, the Driver Location Sharing is control, the Public sharing is off line and the Cargo (Driver Tracking) source.](/_fern-files/_img/83d3891344376d14ba1661b91eb2973253c82eedf240696a9aade176b3f76f9b.webp)

*The **Share Tracking** dialog for an order with sharing off. **1** **Tracking Settings by Segment** heading, **2** **Sharing is** control for **Driver Location**, **3** **Public sharing is off.** line, **4** **Cargo (Driver Tracking)** source.*

## Select sources and copy the link

Turn on only the sources intended for the recipient. Setting **Sharing is** to **On** 1 gives the segment a **Public** badge 2 and a public link 3 with **Copy link** and **Open** 4. Anyone with the segment's link can see the driver's last location. A **Public Tracking Summary** 5 records who made the source public and when. Each segment and cargo source has its own link, and turning sharing off and on again creates a new link: links sent earlier stop working.

![The Share Tracking dialog with driver location sharing On, with numbers 1 to 5 on the Public badge, the Sharing is On control, the public link, Copy link and Open, and the Public Tracking Summary.](/_fern-files/_img/c0a8a453f2dbfbdd0563c9ff3fbb5efabf742e5b0c363cfa6ffe297a7285f1a6.webp)

*The **Share Tracking** dialog after **Sharing is** was set to **On** for the driver location. **1** **Sharing is** control set to **On**, **2** **Public** badge, **3** public link, **4** **Copy link** and **Open** buttons, **5** **Public Tracking Summary**.*

Open the link signed out and inspect what is visible. The page shows **Live tracking** and the order's status 1, how recently it was updated, with a refresh button 2, the driver's last location on the map 3 and a bar with the coordinates and **Last seen** time 4. The location is only as current as the driver's last report.

![The signed-out public tracking page for an order in progress, with numbers 1 to 4 on the Live tracking title and In Progress status, the Updated age and refresh button, the driver's location marker on the map and the bar with coordinates and Last seen.](/_fern-files/_img/73a9916c48e1139378c0b8900fba71e254afdc255fcbd9448c676f6819123fea.webp)

*The public tracking page a recipient sees when signed out. **1** **Live tracking** title and **In Progress** status, **2** **Updated** age and refresh button, **3** driver location marker, **4** coordinates and **Last seen** bar.*

## Change sharing carefully

Reopen the sharing dialog to change the sources being shared. After you turn a source off, reload the public link from a signed-out browser, including a page a recipient already had open: it shows **This link is no longer active** 1 and tells the visitor that tracking was turned off or the link was replaced.

![The public tracking link after sharing was turned off, with number 1 on the message This link is no longer active.](/_fern-files/_img/a90b5740d69e1fec012969eeb8854dc8ce6141b1eddeb19aa250522cab0c49f7.webp)

*The same public link, reloaded after the driver location source was turned off. **1** **This link is no longer active** message.*

## Standalone tracker sessions

A standalone session has its own sharing settings and lifecycle. Follow [Standalone Trackers](/staging/trackers/standalone) and [Share Tracking](/staging/trackers/sharing), and check the actual public session page. Do not apply an order’s sharing behavior to a session or assume deleting a session erases every copy of its data.

## Related guides

* [Getting Started](/staging/shippers)
* [Creating Shipments](/staging/shippers/creating-shipments)
* [Connecting with Providers](/staging/shippers/connecting-providers)
* [Tracking Shipments](/staging/shippers/tracking)
* [Public Tracking Links](/staging/shippers/public-tracking)