ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED when running puppeteer with proxy chain package

I running this code on Linux VPS:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const proxyChain = require('proxy-chain');

(async () => {
    const oldProxyUrl = 'http://auto:apify_proxy_XXXXXXX@proxy.apify.com:8000';
    const newProxyUrl = await proxyChain.anonymizeProxy(oldProxyUrl);

    console.log(newProxyUrl);

    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        args: [`--proxy-server=${newProxyUrl}`],
    });

    // Do your magic here...
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto('https://www.example.com');
})();

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const proxyChain = require('proxy-chain');

(async () => {
    const oldProxyUrl = 'http://auto:apify_proxy_XXXXXXX@proxy.apify.com:8000';
    const newProxyUrl = await proxyChain.anonymizeProxy(oldProxyUrl);

    console.log(newProxyUrl);

    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        args: [`--proxy-server=${newProxyUrl}`],
    });

    // Do your magic here...
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto('https://www.example.com');
})();

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const proxyChain = require('proxy-chain');

(async () => {
    const oldProxyUrl = 'http://auto:apify_proxy_XXXXXXX@proxy.apify.com:8000';
    const newProxyUrl = await proxyChain.anonymizeProxy(oldProxyUrl);

    console.log(newProxyUrl);

    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        args: [`--proxy-server=${newProxyUrl}`],
    });

    // Do your magic here...
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto('https://www.example.com');
})();

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const proxyChain = require('proxy-chain');

(async () => {
    const oldProxyUrl = 'http://auto:apify_proxy_XXXXXXX@proxy.apify.com:8000';
    const newProxyUrl = await proxyChain.anonymizeProxy(oldProxyUrl);

    console.log(newProxyUrl);

    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        args: [`--proxy-server=${newProxyUrl}`],
    });

    // Do your magic here...
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto('https://www.example.com');
})();

But getting this error:

Error: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED at https://www.google.com/

Error: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED at https://www.google.com/

Error: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED at https://www.google.com/

Error: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED at https://www.google.com/

awake-maroonOP•1/5/23, 3:17 PM

I also tried with fingerprint packages as well:

const proxyChain = require('proxy-chain');
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const { FingerprintGenerator } = require('fingerprint-generator');
const { FingerprintInjector } = require('fingerprint-injector');

(async () => {

    const oldProxyUrl = 'http://auto:apify_proxy_XXXXX@proxy.apify.com:8000';
    const newProxyUrl = await proxyChain.anonymizeProxy(oldProxyUrl);

    const fingerprintGenerator = new FingerprintGenerator();

    const browserFingerprintWithHeaders = fingerprintGenerator.getFingerprint({
        devices: ['desktop'],
        browsers: ['chrome'],
    });

    const fingerprintInjector = new FingerprintInjector();

    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        args: [`--proxy-server=${newProxyUrl}`, '--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'],
        headless: true,
        ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
    });

    const page = await browser.newPage();

    await fingerprintInjector.attachFingerprintToPuppeteer(page, browserFingerprintWithHeaders);

    // ... your code using `page` here

    const url = "https://www.google.com";
    await page.goto(url);

    await page.screenshot({
        path: `newproxy.jpg`
    });

    await browser.close();
})();

const proxyChain = require('proxy-chain');
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const { FingerprintGenerator } = require('fingerprint-generator');
const { FingerprintInjector } = require('fingerprint-injector');

(async () => {

    const oldProxyUrl = 'http://auto:apify_proxy_XXXXX@proxy.apify.com:8000';
    const newProxyUrl = await proxyChain.anonymizeProxy(oldProxyUrl);

    const fingerprintGenerator = new FingerprintGenerator();

    const browserFingerprintWithHeaders = fingerprintGenerator.getFingerprint({
        devices: ['desktop'],
        browsers: ['chrome'],
    });

    const fingerprintInjector = new FingerprintInjector();

    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        args: [`--proxy-server=${newProxyUrl}`, '--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'],
        headless: true,
        ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
    });

    const page = await browser.newPage();

    await fingerprintInjector.attachFingerprintToPuppeteer(page, browserFingerprintWithHeaders);

    // ... your code using `page` here

    const url = "https://www.google.com";
    await page.goto(url);

    await page.screenshot({
        path: `newproxy.jpg`
    });

    await browser.close();
})();

but still getting same error: Error: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED at https://google.comError: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED at https://google.com not sure if apify proxy servers are not working or I am missing anything in code? Any suggestions?

awake-maroonOP•1/5/23, 4:57 PM

I changed apify proxy server to different proxy server and I was able to execute above code. Looks like there is some issue with Apify proxy

awake-maroonOP•1/5/23, 5:12 PM

One follow up question if we are using residential proxies or proxy server with dynamic IPs do we still need to use createTunnnel() closeTunnel() from proxychain package?

Lukas Krivka•1/5/23, 9:08 PM

Just use PuppeteerCrawler with apify proxy - https://github.com/apify/actor-templates/blob/master/templates/project_puppeteer_crawler_js/src/main.js

GitHub

actor-templates/main.js at master · apify/actor-templates

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home of Apify actor template projects to help users quickly get started. - actor-templates/main.js at master · apify/actor-templates