Chrome network error · -130 · Connection
ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED
Chromium's description
Could not create a connection to the proxy server. An error occurred either in resolving its name, or in connecting a socket to it. Note that this does NOT include failures during the actual "CONNECT" method of an HTTP proxy.
Chrome shows it as net::ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED, error -130. puppeteer and Playwright report the same name when a page fails to load in Chromium.
Common causes
- A proxy configured in the system or browser that is no longer running or reachable.
- Malware or an old extension that set a proxy.
- A VPN client that left its proxy settings behind.
How to fix ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED
- Turn off the proxy: Windows Settings, Network, Proxy; macOS System Settings, Network, Proxies.
- Remove proxy and VPN extensions you do not use.
- Scan for malware if you did not set a proxy yourself.
ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED in the screenshot API
The renderer always connects through our own egress proxy. If the renderer could not reach it, the failure is ours, not the website’s: the API answers 502 and we are alerted. Not billed.
Only the page's own load can fail a render. An image, script or frame of the page that fails with a network error does not: the page is captured as the browser shows it without that resource.
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Frequently asked questions
What does ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED mean?
How do I fix ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED?
Is a screenshot that fails with ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED billed?
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