From 66c67f4c7a2646c5d1b555fd833826917f1cb58f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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 <4016501+unixfox@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:15:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Update HTTP proxy configuration comments (#5586)

* doc: Update HTTP proxy configuration comments

Added information about proxy configuration for YouTube streams.

* Document supported proxy types in config.example.yml

Added note about supported proxy types in configuration.
---
 config/config.example.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index eedd9539..7cc480c6 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -223,9 +223,13 @@ https_only: false
 
 ##
 ## Configuration for using a HTTP proxy
-##
 ## If unset, then no HTTP proxy will be used.
+## Proxy type supported: HTTP, HTTPS
 ## 
+## This is not used for loading the video streams from YouTube servers (circumvent YouTube restrictions)
+## Please instead configure the proxy in Invidious companion:
+## https://github.com/iv-org/invidious-companion/blob/master/config/config.example.toml
+##
 #http_proxy:
 #  user:
 #  password: