GNU bug report logs - #25518
25.1.91; url-retrieve does not work with https over proxy

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.91

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 25518 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25518: 25.1.91; url-retrieve does not work with https over proxy
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:31:53 +0200
Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> url-retrieve should use CONNECT when talking to a https URL over a proxy
> and then talk over the connection as if not using a proxy.
>
> ;; use locally running privoxy as proxy
> (setq url-proxy-services '(("https" . "localhost:8118")))
> (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously "https://www.heise.de")
>   (buffer-string)) => "HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established\n\n"

I tried this with tinyproxy and Emacs 27, and it worked for me, so I'm
guessing this has been fixed in the meantime, and I'm closing the bug
report.

Please reopen if this is still an issue.

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