# My discourse forum github login broken by setting ENV proxy in app.yml

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**Created:** [December 18, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-github-login-broken-by-setting-env-proxy-in-app-yml/212508 "2021-12-18T04:51:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-github-login-broken-by-setting-env-proxy-in-app-yml/212508/9 "2021-12-26T06:31:25Z")

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> [@zilongshanren](#):
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> it turns out that the request pass through the proxy address which is not what I expected.

Out of curiosity: What _were_ you expecting? Isn’t that what `HTTP_PROXY` is _supposed_ to do?

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