Socks5 proxy does not work with default settings

[Anoneko]

Plan

Premium

Device

PC

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.

[shevchuk]

Can confirm problem and workaround.

[_graves]

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

[MachineShedFred]

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

[alberto3306]

Thanks! This also worked for me on MacOS Ventura.

[ashkanrastinplays]

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