Firefox add-on fails to connect with proxy errors
The add-on reports a connection but sites fail to load, showing proxy errors such as NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROXY_HOST.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
17 public reports · first reported 26 September 2018 · last reported 8 October 2026
What's going wrong
The Private Internet Access add-on for Firefox often refuses to bring up a working connection.
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