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proxy-list.download answered HTTP 502 on September 16, 2026, ("proxy-list.download"). One bad hour is not proof a site is finished, so this page records...

HProxy TeamSeptember 17, 2026Updated September 17, 20263 min read

proxy-list.download was failing when we checked

proxy-list.download answered HTTP 502 on September 16, 2026, ("proxy-list.download"). One bad hour is not proof a site is finished, so this page records what we saw and the date, and nothing more.

What it was

proxy-list.download publishes a proxy list and an API over the same data. It is run independently, not by a proxy seller.

Shared /blog/proxy-list-alternative with proxy-list.org, a different company. Each needs its own page.

The record, with dates

The Internet Archive first captured proxy-list.download on June 14, 2018, and last captured it on March 10, 2026, 8 years apart, 2242 captures in all, the most of them in 2025. Read on September 17, 2026.

The registry record for proxy-list.download says the name was registered on March 5, 2018, its term runs to March 5, 2027, the registrar of record is NameCheap, Inc.. Read on September 17, 2026.

What we checked, and how

We asked proxy-list.download ourselves on September 16, 2026, from a datacenter connection in Germany, following redirects by hand so the chain is on the record. What came back: HTTP 502 (HTTP 502). We did not read the site from a home connection and we did not save its pages; the result above is the whole of what we took.

That matters for how much weight to put on it. A single vantage can be blocked, geofenced or simply unlucky, so this page says what we saw rather than declaring the site finished. If you can reach it from a home connection, it is up for you.

proxy-list.download, as we found it on September 16, 2026
  • Answered HTTP 502what came back: HTTP 502
  • An archive historyJun 14, 2018, to Mar 10, 2026, 2,242 captures
  • A registry recordregistered Mar 5, 2018, the term runs to Mar 5, 2027
Source: Our check from a datacenter connection in Germany, the Internet Archive and the registry record · hproxy.comProxy.

What to use instead

A free list is a list of other people's machines, and it behaves like one: the addresses that answer at breakfast are gone by lunch, the country label is often wrong, and anything you send through one is readable by whoever runs the exit. That is true of every name on this page, alive or gone.

If you are testing whether a target blocks proxies at all, a free list is fine and costs nothing. If the job has to finish, has to come from a country you chose, or carries a login, it needs addresses somebody is accountable for. What we sell starts at $0.44 per GB, pay as you go, with no plan to reach first.

Our own maintained lists are here, and the wider picture of which of these sites still work is in our census of free proxy sites.

The limits of this record

  • We checked once, on one day, from one place.
  • We do not know who runs it, where the addresses come from, or whether anyone tests them before publishing. Nobody in this corner of the market publishes that.

This page is due for a re-check by March 16, 2027, or sooner if the status above changes.

Sources

  • HProxy, our own status check of proxy-list.download, September 16, 2026, from a datacenter connection in Germany.
  • Internet Archive, capture index for proxy-list.download. Read September 17, 2026.
  • Registry record (RDAP) for proxy-list.download. Read September 17, 2026.
  • The address as published: https://www.proxy-list.download/HTTP.

Frequently asked questions

Is proxy-list.download still working?

proxy-list.download answered HTTP 502 on September 16, 2026, ("proxy-list.download"). One bad hour is not proof a site is finished, so this page records what we saw and the date, and nothing more.

Are free proxy lists safe to use?

Treat every address on one as a machine you do not control. Whoever runs the exit can read unencrypted traffic and see every destination you request, so nothing carrying a login, a payment or personal data belongs on a free proxy. For a throwaway check against a public page, the risk is your time.

Why do free proxy addresses stop working so fast?

Because most of them were never meant to be public. A free list is largely misconfigured servers and short-lived hosts, so the same address that answers in the morning is gone by the afternoon. Any list, however well maintained, is a snapshot of a population that turns over constantly.

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