How to configure proxy in zed settings?

[ssarraju]

How to configure proxy in zed settings?

[d1y]

FYI:

http_proxy=http://192.168.1.128:1085 https_proxy=http://192.168.1.128:1085 zed project

#6765
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/6765/files

[SomeoneToIgnore]

So looks like we need a docs entry?
People would not be able to find and read PRs that easy to fetch that info.

[ZTfer]

add "proxy" : "socks5://localhost:10808" or "proxy" : "http://127.0.0.1:10809" in .configs/zed/settings.json file, then press cmd + q to quit zed app, restart zed app, the proxy will work immediately.

[Rik002]

how to include https proxy and moreover, network also requires username and password.

[ZTfer]

try this?
"http://userName:yourPassword@yourProxyURL.com:8080"

[ZTfer]

I found some information:
https://github.com/TooTallNate/proxy-agents/tree/main/packages/proxy-agent
https://askubuntu.com/questions/82880/how-do-i-set-a-system-wide-proxy-with-a-username-and-password
https://serverfault.com/questions/1103523/how-do-i-set-http-proxy-and-https-proxy-with-the-username-and-password-with-it-i

Without username & passwords:
"proxy" : "socks5://yourProxyURL.com:8080"
"proxy" : "http://yourProxyURL.com:8080"

With username & passwords:
"proxy" : "socks5://username:password@yourProxyURL.com:8080"
"proxy" : "http://username:password@yourProxyURL.com:8080"

[Rik002]

doesn't work for me, I don't know, tried various combinations. But doesn't seem to change the situation. Moreover, I have http and https for my uni proxy

[1WorldCapture]

btw, you could use shortcut "ctrl + ," or "CMD + ," to open the settings.json, and add "proxy" config to it, mentioned above

[xiaguangbo]

settings.json

{
  "ui_font_size": 16,
  "buffer_font_size": 16,
  "theme": {
    "mode": "system",
    "light": "One Light",
    "dark": "One Dark"
  },
  "proxy" : "http://192.168.1.13:7890"
}

[Set27]

When I use http proxy I have error with npm.
Socks + password does not work.

[desprit]

I have it as

"proxy": "http://username:password@ip:port"

and when I restart zed NPM stops working + copilot is not able to perform github signin.

p.s. the same setup works in vscode

[Set27]

What type of proxy do u use?

[thynson]

FYI: at least on macOS, zed prefers to resolve localhost to ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1, so some proxy software only listen for ipv4 localhost.

[BLumia]

The proxy setting seems will not apply for:

• Agents that spawned by zed (e.g. claude-code and gemini cli)
• npm command spawned by zed (at least when using built-in npm instead of the system one)

Hope we can have some configuration to make these cases support proxy as well.

[wujiahao15]

Can zed remote use proxy? I want to make sure that my extensions can be downloaded successfully in remote mode.

[JosephTLyons]

Thanks for reaching out. We want to better support our community, and the best way for us to do that is through our official Discord. The team is active there and happy to help.

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