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# NEFilterPacketProvider.Verdict

The verdict returned by a packet handler indicating what the framework should do with a packet.

```
enum Verdict
```

## Topics

### Verdicts

[`NEFilterPacketProviderVerdictAllow`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEFilterPacketProvider/Verdict/allow)

A verdict to allow a packet.

[`NEFilterPacketProviderVerdictDrop`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEFilterPacketProvider/Verdict/drop)

A verdict to drop a packet.

[`NEFilterPacketProviderVerdictDelay`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEFilterPacketProvider/Verdict/delay)

A verdict to delay a packet until a future verdict.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

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