Index: docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
===================================================================
--- docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml	(revision 1125463)
+++ docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml	(working copy)
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@
         <td>-</td>
         <td>Single letter value defining the initial status of
         this worker: 'D' is disabled, 'S' is stopped, 'I' is ignore-errors,
-	'H' is hot-standby and 'E' is in an error state. Status 
+	'H' is hot-standby, 'R' is route-only to only accept requests with 
+	sticky session routes, and 'E' is in an error state. Status 
 	can be set (which is the default) by prepending with '+' or 
         cleared by prepending with '-'.
         Thus, a setting of 'S-E' sets this worker to Stopped and
Index: modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
===================================================================
--- modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c	(revision 1125463)
+++ modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c	(working copy)
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@
                 else
                     worker->status &= ~PROXY_WORKER_IGNORE_ERRORS;
             }
+            else if (*v == 'R' || *v == 'r') {
+                if (mode)
+                    worker->status |= PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY;
+                else
+                    worker->status &= ~PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY;
+            }
             else {
                 return "Unknown status parameter option";
             }
Index: modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h
===================================================================
--- modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h	(revision 1125463)
+++ modules/proxy/mod_proxy.h	(working copy)
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
 #define PROXY_WORKER_STOPPED        0x0040
 #define PROXY_WORKER_IN_ERROR       0x0080
 #define PROXY_WORKER_HOT_STANDBY    0x0100
+#define PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY     0x0200
 
 #define PROXY_WORKER_NOT_USABLE_BITMAP ( PROXY_WORKER_IN_SHUTDOWN | \
 PROXY_WORKER_DISABLED | PROXY_WORKER_STOPPED | PROXY_WORKER_IN_ERROR )
@@ -288,6 +289,9 @@
   ( !( (f)->s->status & PROXY_WORKER_NOT_USABLE_BITMAP) ) && \
   PROXY_WORKER_IS_INITIALIZED(f) )
 
+#define PROXY_WORKER_IS_ROUTE_ONLY(f)   ( (f)->s && \
+  ( (f)->s->status &  PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY ) )
+
 /* default worker retry timeout in seconds */
 #define PROXY_WORKER_DEFAULT_RETRY  60
 #define PROXY_WORKER_MAX_ROUTE_SIZ  63
Index: modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c
===================================================================
--- modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c	(revision 1125463)
+++ modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c	(working copy)
@@ -776,6 +776,12 @@
             else if (!strcasecmp(val, "Enable"))
                 wsel->s->status &= ~PROXY_WORKER_DISABLED;
         }
+        if ((val = apr_table_get(params, "rt"))) {
+            if (!strcasecmp(val, "Disable"))
+                wsel->s->status &= ~PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY;
+            else if (!strcasecmp(val, "Enable"))
+                wsel->s->status |= PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY;
+        }
         if ((val = apr_table_get(params, "ls"))) {
             int ival = atoi(val);
             if (ival >= 0 && ival <= 99) {
@@ -873,6 +879,8 @@
                    ap_rputs("Stop ", r);
                 if (worker->s->status & PROXY_WORKER_HOT_STANDBY)
                    ap_rputs("Stby ", r);
+                if (worker->s->status & PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY)
+                   ap_rputs("Rto ", r);
                 if (PROXY_WORKER_IS_USABLE(worker))
                     ap_rputs("Ok", r);
                 if (!PROXY_WORKER_IS_INITIALIZED(worker))
@@ -913,6 +921,13 @@
             ap_rputs("> | Enabled: <input name=\"dw\" value=\"Enable\" type=radio", r);
             if (!(wsel->s->status & PROXY_WORKER_DISABLED))
                 ap_rputs(" checked", r);
+            ap_rputs("\"></td></tr>\n", r);
+            ap_rputs("<tr><td>Route-Only:</td><td>Disabled: <input name=\"rt\" value=\"Disable\" type=radio", r);
+            if (!(wsel->s->status & PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY))
+                ap_rputs(" checked", r);
+            ap_rputs("> | Enabled: <input name=\"rt\" value=\"Enable\" type=radio", r);
+            if (wsel->s->status & PROXY_WORKER_ROUTE_ONLY)
+                ap_rputs(" checked", r);
             ap_rputs("></td></tr>\n", r);
             ap_rputs("<tr><td colspan=2><input type=submit value=\"Submit\"></td></tr>\n", r);
             ap_rvputs(r, "</table>\n<input type=hidden name=\"w\" ",  NULL);
@@ -1027,6 +1042,8 @@
                     continue;
                 if ( (checking_standby ? !PROXY_WORKER_IS_STANDBY(worker) : PROXY_WORKER_IS_STANDBY(worker)) )
                     continue;
+                if (PROXY_WORKER_IS_ROUTE_ONLY(worker))
+                    continue;
                 /* If the worker is in error state run
                  * retry on that worker. It will be marked as
                  * operational if the retry timeout is elapsed.
@@ -1109,6 +1126,8 @@
                     continue;
                 if ( (checking_standby ? !PROXY_WORKER_IS_STANDBY(worker) : PROXY_WORKER_IS_STANDBY(worker)) )
                     continue;
+                if (PROXY_WORKER_IS_ROUTE_ONLY(worker))
+                    continue;
                 /* If the worker is in error state run
                  * retry on that worker. It will be marked as
                  * operational if the retry timeout is elapsed.
@@ -1181,6 +1200,9 @@
                 if ( (checking_standby ? !PROXY_WORKER_IS_STANDBY(worker) : PROXY_WORKER_IS_STANDBY(worker)) )
                     continue;
 
+                if (PROXY_WORKER_IS_ROUTE_ONLY(worker))
+                    continue;
+
                 /* If the worker is in error state run
                  * retry on that worker. It will be marked as
                  * operational if the retry timeout is elapsed.