From 240c8f0f221cff568eac537c99cc8e2426b18757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emilien <4016501+unixfox@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 12:42:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: make it compatible with socks proxy

---
 src/invidious/routes/proxy.cr | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/proxy.cr b/src/invidious/routes/proxy.cr
index 0b331277..9f0e032c 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/proxy.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/proxy.cr
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ module Invidious::Routes::Proxy
     # mid-stream (backoff / reload / seek).
     begin
       client = HTTP::Client.new(target_url.host.not_nil!, tls: true)
-      # Route the googlevideo/youtubei egress through the configured HTTP proxy when
-      # set (e.g. to bypass a YouTube IP block on the instance's own address).
-      client.proxy = make_configured_http_proxy_client() if CONFIG.http_proxy
+      # Route the googlevideo/youtubei egress through the configured proxy when set
+      # (HTTP CONNECT or SOCKS5, e.g. to bypass a YouTube IP block on the instance's
+      # own address). Uses the same dispatcher as the rest of the codebase.
+      configure_proxy(client) if CONFIG.http_proxy
       client.connect_timeout = 10.seconds
       client.read_timeout = 30.seconds
       # Don't let HTTP::Client advertise its own Accept-Encoding; we forward the