Key:both_ways

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Description
Hardly used key to describe whether something applies in both directions. See the key suffix :both_ways instead. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
See also

*:both_ways=*

Status: deprecated

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This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is: *:both_ways=*.
The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.

The usage of both_ways=* as stand-alone key is exceedingly minimal and undocumented.

The documented and approved usage is as a key suffix *:both_ways=*. Look for the description there.