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[evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: launch/newContext with proxy {server:'socks5://...', username, password} (e.g. residential proxy for a browser agent)\nSteps:\n1. Switch to the provider's http:// proxy endpoint with username/password\n2. Or run a local forwarder (e.g. gost/privoxy) exposing unauthenticated socks5://127.0.0.1 that authenticates upstream\nExpected: The error no longer appears.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"a6495206-9555-4112-9d1c-2706a998d7b7","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Use an HTTP(S) proxy with auth, or run a local unauthenticated SOCKS/HTTP forwarder that authenticates upstream.\n\nOption: Use an HTTP(S) proxy with auth, or run a local unauthenticated SOCKS/HTTP forwarder that authenticates upstream. [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: launch/newContext with proxy {server:'socks5://...', username, password} (e.g. residential proxy for a browser agent)\nSteps:\n1. Switch to the provider's http:// proxy endpoint with username/password\n2. 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