# Recent updates seemed to stop rake task themes:update to use a proxy server

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**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** unsupported-install, rake-task
**Created:** [November 9, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-updates-seemed-to-stop-rake-task-themes-update-to-use-a-proxy-server/387956 "2025-11-09T02:02:27Z")
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### Author: ![MoRanYue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moranyue/32/523065_2.png) [@MoRanYue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MoRanYue)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-updates-seemed-to-stop-rake-task-themes-update-to-use-a-proxy-server/387956/1 "2025-11-09T02:02:27Z")

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Recent commits in GitHub seems to stop theme components updater to use a proxy server. I remember that they can be updated through a proxy server (set in env vars `HTTP_PROXY` and `HTTPS_PROXY`) in the past, but now they do not.

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