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@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ guides:
   references:
     assertions: assertions.html
     configuration: configuration.html
+    proxy-configuration: proxy-configuration.html
     best-practices: best-practices.html
     error-messages: error-messages.html
     bundled-tools: bundled-tools.html
diff --git a/source/guides/references/proxy-configuration.md b/source/guides/references/proxy-configuration.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+---
+title: Proxy Configuration
+---
+
+Cypress needs Internet access to work. Many companies require the use of a corporate proxy to access the Internet. If your company does this, many functions of Cypress will not work until you've configured Cypress to use your proxy:
+
+* Cypress won't be able to load web pages besides `localhost`.
+* Cypress won't be able to warn you if your {% url "`baseUrl`" configuration#Global %} isn't available.
+* Cypress won't be able to connect to the {% url "Dashboard Service" dashboard-service %} to log in or record test runs.
+* `npm install cypress` may fail while downloading the Cypress binary.
+
+If you are experiencing any or all of these issues, you may need to configure Cypress with your proxy. Instructions are available for {% urlHash "macOS" Set-a-proxy-on-Linux-or-macOS %}, {% urlHash "Linux" Set-a-proxy-on-Linux-or-macOS %}, and {% urlHash "Windows" Set-a-proxy-on-Windows %}.
+
+{% note warning %}
+Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) files are not currently supported. If your organization uses a PAC file, contact a network administrator to ask what HTTP proxy you should be using to access the general Internet, then use that proxy with Cypress.
+{% endnote %}
+
+{% note warning %}
+SOCKS proxies are not currently supported. A workaround is to set up an HTTP proxy locally that points to your SOCKS proxy, then using that HTTP proxy with Cypress. {% url "Read more about forwarding an HTTP proxy through SOCKS." https://superuser.com/questions/423563/convert-http-requests-to-socks5 %}
+{% endnote %}
+
+# Set a proxy on Linux or macOS
+
+To set your proxy on Linux or macOS, run the following command in a terminal before running Cypress:
+
+```shell
+export HTTP_PROXY=http://my-company-proxy.com
+```
+
+You can also set `NO_PROXY` to bypass the proxy for certain domains (by default, only `localhost` will be bypassed):
+
+```shell
+export NO_PROXY=localhost,google.com,apple.com
+```
+
+To make these changes permanent, you can add these commands to your shell's `~/.profile` (`~/.zsh_profile`, `~/.bash_profile`, etc.) to run them on every login.
+
+# Set a proxy on Windows
+
+Cypress will attempt to load the proxy configured in the Windows registry by default. {% url "Learn how to set your proxy settings system-wide in Windows." https://www.howtogeek.com/tips/how-to-set-your-proxy-settings-in-windows-8.1/ %}
+
+You can override this behavior by setting proxy environment variables before running Cypress. In Command Prompt, it looks like this:
+
+```shell
+set HTTP_PROXY=http://my-company-proxy.com
+```
+
+To accomplish the same thing in Powershell:
+
+```shell
+$env:HTTP_PROXY = "http://my-company-proxy.com"
+```
+
+To save the `HTTP_PROXY` variable and use your proxy for all new shells, use `setx`:
+
+```shell
+setx HTTP_PROXY http://my-company-proxy.com
+```
+
+# Proxy environment variables
+
+{% note warning %}
+This section refers to your operating system's environment variables, *not* {% url "Cypress environment variables" guides/guides/environment-variables %}
+{% endnote %}
+
+Cypress automatically reads from your system's `HTTP_PROXY` environment variable and uses that proxy for all HTTP and HTTPS traffic. If an `HTTPS_PROXY` environment variable is set, HTTPS traffic will use that proxy instead.
+
+To bypass the proxy for certain domains, a `NO_PROXY` environment variable can be set to a comma-separated list of domain names to not proxy traffic for. By default, traffic to `localhost` will not be proxied.
+
+# View proxy settings in Cypress
+
+Your current proxy settings can be viewed from within the Cypress Test Runner. Follow these steps:
+
+1. Open up your project in Cypress via `cypress open`.
+2. Click the "Settings" tab.
+3. Click the "Proxy Settings" section to expand it and view the proxy settings that Cypress is currently using.
+
+![Proxy configuration in the Desktop app](/img/guides/proxy-configuration.png)
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diff --git a/themes/cypress/languages/en.yml b/themes/cypress/languages/en.yml
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+++ b/themes/cypress/languages/en.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ sidebar:
     assertions: Assertions
     creating-fixtures: Creating Fixtures
     best-practices: Best Practices
+    proxy-configuration: Proxy Configuration
     anti-patterns: Anti-patterns
     trade-offs: Trade-offs
     contributing: Contributing