Switchyomega: Firefox: Direct does not override system proxy settings

[gloomy-ghost]

Tested on Nightly 2017-09-08

STR:

1. Set proxy in system settings
2. Set "Direct" in SwitchyOmega
3. Open https://icanhazip.com/ (or any site that gives the client ip)

Expected:
The client IP should be shown

Actual:
The proxy IP was shown

[FelisCatus]

Sounds like a Mozilla problem. But anyway:

1. Does selecting a proxy profile work? I mean, when you select a proxy profile in the SwitchyOmega dropdown, does it use that proxy instead of system proxy?
   
   
   
   • Even if you don't have a proxy, you can still use 127.0.0.1:8888, etc. to test. If it says fail to connect tot proxy then the settings are indeed applied.
   
   
   • If nothing works, then you are probably affected by #1171.
   
   
2. If yes, could you please try right-clicking on the SO icon and select Save error log? You can directly upload the file here.
   
   
   
   • See if icanhazip.com is in the log.
   
   
   • The log should not contain any confidential information, but please double check and remove anything as you see fit and put a comment there.
   
   

[gloomy-ghost]

1. Selecting a proxy profile works.
2. The log seems not very informative, actually I don't see any domains at all. Not sure if I am doing it correctly.
   OmegaLog_1505034118193.txt

[olloff]

Can't confirm this with FF 57.0.a1 (current nightly) and FF 55.0.0.3 on Win10 x64.
SwitchyOmega 2.5.2

When _Direct_ profile is selected, FF correctly follows the browser proxy settings (network.proxy.type).

• If _No proxy_ being selected (network.proxy.type; 0), icanhazip.com displays my NAT ip.
• If _Use system proxy_ being selected (network.proxy.type; 5), icanhazip.com displays my proxy ip from system settings.
• If _Manual proxy configuration_ being selected (network.proxy.type; 1), icanhazip.com displays my proxy ip from browser settings.

_edit:_ While trying to reproduce this issue, I witnessed somewhat similar issue https://github.com/FelisCatus/SwitchyOmega/issues/1213, but it happens when _System proxy_ profile selected instead of _Direct_ profile. Can they be connected?

[gloomy-ghost]

When Direct profile is selected, FF correctly follows the browser proxy settings

Is this behavior expected? Does it mean that either _system_ does not work (while selecting _No proxy_ in Fx) or _direct_ does not work (while selecting _Use system proxy_ in Fx)? IIRC, _direct_ overrides the browser proxy setting in Chrome rather than giving back control to the browser.

[olloff]

direct overrides the browser proxy setting in Chrome

I always thought there is no browser proxy settings in Chrome and it always use system ones. So either in FF or Chrome it means _ignore system settings, skip to the next layer_

[gloomy-ghost]

Yeah Chrome uses the system setting, and what do I meant by overriding is connecting directly regardless of any proxy configuration.

[FelisCatus]

I can reproduce this.

This is unexpected since I believe selecting [Direct] should override anything else. But if this is how it works in Firefox then I don't think I can do anything about it.

[FelisCatus]

Opened https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398900.

[caoli5288]

Not only DIRECT but also other proxy mode will use system's proxy settings.

[coiby]

I can reproduce this issue.

[FelisCatus]

@coiby Now it is at the point that someone needs to propose a patch on the Firefox issue linked above. Otherwise, there is nothing we can do on SwitchyOmega's side. You can also help if you want.

[lbonvarl]

Any follow up on this ? Direct use system proxy setting still on Firefox 59. This is different from Chrome. Ability to switch between direct and proxy config is the main advantage of switchy Omega

[FelisCatus]

@lbonvarl I would love to make it work the same as Chrome, but as I've mentioned, now it is all up to Firefox.

[FelisCatus]

This is probably fixed in #1456. Please try SwitchyOmega v2.5.16 (Firefox ONLY).