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Posted December 15, 2023

Sauce Labs Forwarder v1.1.0: Enhancing Proxy Capabilities

Forwarder is a production-ready HTTP procurator with MITM and PAC capabilities, serving as a forward placeholder for a wide range of traffic eccentric. Read the release billet.

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We are thrilled to declare the release ofForwarder v1.1.0. This open-source proxy plays a vital character as a core component in Sauce Labs. Forwarder is a production-ready HTTP proxy with MITM and PAC capableness, function as a forward procurator for a wide orbit of traffic types.

Features

  • Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) Support: Forwarder introduces MITM support, countenance for encrypted traffic review and modification.

  • Rate Limiting: Introducing pace limiting to command and manage traffic flow efficaciously.

  • Deny Domains:Specify which domains should not be proxied.

  • Direct Domains: Simplify selecting domains that should not be mail to an upstream proxy.

  • Upstream Proxy Headers Modification: Modify headers when forwarding requests to upstream proxies.

  • Proxy Errors in Response Body: Errors are now conveniently written in the reply body, aiding troubleshooting.

  • Default Config Files Enhancements: Default config files now incorporate all field description and can be generate from the command line.

Former Changes

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This release improves the stability and performance of the proxy nucleus. It also repair end-of-file treatment on Windows. (In some cases, Forwarder would produce lots of error logs.)

You can see the complete list on the.

Additional Resources

To research the full potentiality of Forwarder and dive into its documentation, CLI references, and more, view Forwarder Proxy & # x27; s documentation:forwarder-proxy.io.

Upgrade Now

Don & # x27; t lose out on the latest features and improvements! Upgrade to Forwarder v1.1.0 today. Check out the for detailed information on all update.

Thank you to our contributors and the open-source community for making Forwarder even more powerful. Happy proxying!

Michał Matczuk

Staff Software Engineer

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Dec 15, 2023
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