topic Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings in Desktop (Windows)

Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

Anoneko — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 21:19:07 GMT

Plan

Premium

Device

Operating System

Windows 10 21H2 19044.1645

Spotify Version

1.1.81.604.gccacfc8c with clean reinstall

My Question or Issue

When I set up the socks5 proxy through the client's built-in proxy function, it wouldn't work.

I checked and found that even if the socks5 proxy is selected within the client, it still sends requests with the http protocol.

I had to manually edit the configuration file named prefs,

app.last-launched-version="1.1.81.604.gccacfc8c"

...
network.proxy.addr="127.0.0.1:myport@socks5"
network.proxy.mode=4

After adding @socks5 at the end of the network.proxy.addr line, it works properly.

The network.proxy.mode line does not work as it should, its value is 2 when set to http proxy and 4 when socks5 proxy, which should serve to differentiate, but if you don't add @socks5, they both send http requests.

Re: Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

shevchuk — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:46:05 GMT

Can confirm problem and workaround.

Re: Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

_graves — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:55:59 GMT

Can also confirm the problem and workaround on Linux, app version is "1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819".

Re: Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

MachineShedFred — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:24:30 GMT

Still a problem on Mac - have to add '@socks' to proxy address in ~/Application Support/Spotify/prefs

Re: Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

alberto3306 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:20:40 GMT

Thanks! This also worked for me on MacOS Ventura.

Re: Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

ashkanrastinplays — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:06:46 GMT

workaround works on MacOS Ventura for me too,
write this in terminal:

/Users/your-username/Library/Application\ Support/Spotify

edit the prefs file inside Spotify directory with a text/code editor

network.proxy.addr="your-proxy-address:your-proxy-port@socks5"
should look like this for socks5

Re: Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

Patys1 — Fri, 03 May 2024 20:33:53 GMT

this definitly helped me!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsqBMGOpmzQ&ab_channel=NETVN82