Connection Timeout to Upstream Registry with Proxy Enabled; Works with Custom Proxy Emulator

[Heyzi]

Problem

When running openvsx in a Docker container with an upstream registry configured and proxy settings enabled, the application fails to connect to the upstream URL https://openvsx.org:443. The error reported is:

Connect to https://openvsx.org:443 [open-vsx.org/198.41.30.195] failed: Connection timed out

The proxy settings are configured via JVM arguments, and the upstream URL is set to https://openvsx.org. However, if I replace the upstream URL with the address of a custom proxy service (emulating curl behavior), the connection succeeds without issues. This suggests a potential problem with how openvsx handles proxy connections to the default upstream registry.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Deploy openvsx in a Docker container.
2. Configure the upstream registry with the following settings:

   upstream:
     proxy:
       enabled: true
     url: https://openvsx.org

3. Set JVM proxy arguments (e.g., -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.company.com -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -Dhttps.proxyHost=proxy.company.com -Dhttps.proxyPort=8080).
4. Start the container in an environment with a corporate proxy.
5. Observe the error in logs:

   Connect to https://openvsx.org:443 [open-vsx.org/198.41.30.195] failed: Connection timed out
   

6. Replace the upstream URL with a custom proxy emulator (e.g., http://localhost:8081), which forwards requests to openvsx.org via CONNECT method.
7. Restart the container and note that the connection works successfully.

Environment

• OpenVSX Version: 0.22.2
• Docker Setup: Running in a Docker container
• Proxy Configuration:
  • JVM args: -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.company.com -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080 -Dhttps.proxyHost=proxy.company.com -Dhttps.proxyPort=8080
  • Upstream config:

    upstream:
      proxy:
        enabled: true
      url: https://openvsx.org

[amvanbaren]

@Heyzi What happens when you run the Docker container with the --net=host flag?

[Heyzi]

@Heyzi What happens when you run the Docker container with the --net=host flag?

unfortunately the behavior has not changed, the error is the same

[Heyzi]

I still haven’t managed to get the OpenVSX server to recognize the system proxy, neither through JVM arguments nor environment variables.