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README.md

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 _A round-robin load balancer for HTTP proxies._
 
-This is a simple proxy load balancer that will route requests to a cluster of proxy backends in a round-robin fashion.
-This makes it easy to connect your clients to a large number of proxy servers without worrying about implementing
-anything special clientside.
+This is a simple proxy load balancer that will route requests to a cluster of proxy backends in a round-robin fashion. This makes it easy to connect your clients to a large number of proxy servers without worrying about implementing anything special clientside.
 
-- Downstream HTTPS proxy servers are not supported.
-- This proxy server will transparently forward HTTPS requests without terminating them, meaning a self-signed certificate is not required.
+This proxy server will transparently forward HTTPS requests without terminating them, meaning a self-signed certificate is not required. Downstream HTTPS proxy servers are not supported.
+
+Memory usage sits at around 25M under load.
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -22,21 +21,22 @@ You can run your own "public IP delivery server" `canihazip` <https://git.evulid
 
 An example systemd service `loadbalancer.service` is provided.
 
-The server displays stats and info at `/json`
+The server displays health, stats, info at `/json`.
 
 ```
 === Proxy Load Balancer ===
 Usage of ./proxy-loadbalancer:
   --config [string]
-        Path to the config file
-  --d, --debug  
-        Enable debug mode
-  --v   Print version and exit
+               Path to the config file
+  -d, --debug  
+               Enable debug mode
+  --v          Print version and exit
+  -h, --help   Print this help message
 ```
 
 ## Special Headers
 
-The load balancer accepts special headers to control its behavior.
+The load balancer accepts special headers to control its behavior:
 
 -   `Thirdparty-Bypass`: don't use any third-party endpoints for this request.
 -   `Thirdparty-Include-Broken`: use all online endpoints for this request, including third-party ones that failed the special test.

config.example.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 # Port to run on.
-http_port:             9000
+http_port:                 9000
 
 # How many proxies will be checked at once?
-proxy_checkers:        50
+proxy_checkers:            50
+
+# The interval between proxy checks in seconds.
+proxy_check_interval:      60
 
 # URL to get a proxy's IP.
-ip_checker_url:        https://api.ipify.org
+ip_checker_url:            https://api.ipify.org
 
 # Connection timeout for the proxies in seconds.
-proxy_connect_timeout: 10
+proxy_connect_timeout:     60
 
 # Your proxies.
 proxy_pool_ours:
@@ -27,4 +30,17 @@ thirdparty_test_urls:
 
 # Don't route requests for these domains through the third-party proxies.
 thirdparty_bypass_domains:
-  - twitter.com
+  - twitter.com
+
+# Shuffle the proxy lists whenever the background thread refreshes them.
+# If false, round-robin on default order.
+shuffle_proxies:           false
+
+# Don't allow requests to these domains through the proxy.
+blocked_domains:
+  - example.com
+
+# Resolve specific domains through specific proxies.
+# Proxies here are not validated.
+resolve_through:
+  github.com:              http://1.2.3.4:3128

requirements.txt

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-proxy.py @ git+https://github.com/abhinavsingh/proxy.py.git@develop
-redis
-requests
-coloredlogs
-psutil
-flask
-async_timeout

src/config/config.go

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	ProxyPoolThirdparty     []string
 	ThirdpartyTestUrls      []string
 	ThirdpartyBypassDomains []string
+	ShuffleProxies          bool
+	BlockedDomains          []string
+	ResolveThrough          map[string]string
+	ProxyCheckInterval      int
 }
 
 func SetConfig(configFile string) (*Config, error) {
@@ -29,11 +33,15 @@ func SetConfig(configFile string) (*Config, error) {
 	viper.SetConfigFile(configFile)
 	viper.SetDefault("http_port", "5000")
 	viper.SetDefault("proxy_checkers", 50)
-	viper.SetDefault("proxy_connect_timeout", 10)
+	viper.SetDefault("proxy_connect_timeout", 60)
 	viper.SetDefault("proxy_pool_ours", make([]string, 0))
 	viper.SetDefault("proxy_pool_thirdparty", make([]string, 0))
 	viper.SetDefault("thirdparty_test_urls", make([]string, 0))
 	viper.SetDefault("thirdparty_bypass_domains", make([]string, 0))
+	viper.SetDefault("shuffle_proxies", false)
+	viper.SetDefault("blocked_domains", make([]string, 0))
+	viper.SetDefault("resolve_through", make(map[string]string))
+	viper.SetDefault("proxy_check_interval", 60)
 
 	err := viper.ReadInConfig()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -48,6 +56,14 @@ func SetConfig(configFile string) (*Config, error) {
 		ProxyPoolThirdparty:     viper.GetStringSlice("proxy_pool_thirdparty"),
 		ThirdpartyTestUrls:      viper.GetStringSlice("thirdparty_test_urls"),
 		ThirdpartyBypassDomains: viper.GetStringSlice("thirdparty_bypass_domains"),
+		ShuffleProxies:          viper.GetBool("shuffle_proxies"),
+		BlockedDomains:          viper.GetStringSlice("blocked_domains"),
+		ResolveThrough:          viper.GetStringMapString("resolve_through"),
+		ProxyCheckInterval:      viper.GetInt("proxy_check_interval"),
+	}
+
+	if len(config.ProxyPoolOurs) == 0 && len(config.ProxyPoolThirdparty) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("no proxies configured")
 	}
 
 	if config.IpCheckerURL == "" {

src/proxy-loadbalancer.go

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf(`Failed to load config: %s`, err)
 	}
 
+	log.Debugf(`Proxy check interval: %d sec`, config.GetConfig().ProxyCheckInterval)
+
 	proxyCluster := proxy.NewForwardProxyCluster()
 	go func() {
 		log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+configData.HTTPPort, proxyCluster))
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Infof("-> Server started on 0.0.0.0:%s <-", configData.HTTPPort)
 
 	go proxyCluster.ValidateProxiesThread()
-	proxyCluster.BalancerOnline.Wait()
+	proxyCluster.BalancerReady.Wait()
 	log.Infoln("-> Proxy server accepting requests <-")
 
 	select {}

src/proxy/checkProxy.go

@@ -25,17 +25,35 @@ func sendRequestThroughProxy(pxy string, targetURL string) (string, error) {
 		Timeout:   config.GetConfig().ProxyConnectTimeout,
 	}
 
-	response, err := client.Get(targetURL)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	defer response.Body.Close()
-	if response.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
-		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
+
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7")
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.9")
+	req.Header.Set("Priority", "u=0, i")
+	req.Header.Set("Sec-Ch-Ua", `"Chromium";v="124", "Google Chrome";v="124", "Not-A.Brand";v="99"`)
+	req.Header.Set("Sec-Ch-Ua-Mobile", "?0")
+	req.Header.Set("Sec-Ch-Ua-Platform", `"Windows"`)
+	req.Header.Set("Sec-Fetch-Dest", "document")
+	req.Header.Set("Sec-Fetch-Mode", "navigate")
+	req.Header.Set("Sec-Fetch-Site", "cross-site")
+	req.Header.Set("Sec-Fetch-User", "?1")
+	req.Header.Set("Upgrade-Insecure-Requests", "1")
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36")
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
+		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 		return string(bodyBytes), nil
 	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("bad response code %d", response.StatusCode)
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("bad response code %d", resp.StatusCode)
 }

src/proxy/handleConnect.go

@@ -19,12 +19,18 @@ var (
 	HeaderThirdpartyBypass        = "Thirdparty-Bypass"
 )
 
-func logProxyRequest(remoteAddr string, proxyHost string, targetHost string, returnCode *int, proxyConnectMode string, requestStartTime time.Time) {
-	log.Infof(`%s -> %s -> %s -> %d -- %s -- %d ms`, remoteAddr, proxyHost, targetHost, *returnCode, proxyConnectMode, time.Since(requestStartTime).Milliseconds())
+func logProxyRequest(remoteAddr string, proxyHost string, targetHost string, returnCode *int, proxyConnectMode string, requestStartTime time.Time, errorMsg *string) {
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`%s -> %s -> %s -> %d -- %s -- %d ms`, remoteAddr, proxyHost, targetHost, *returnCode, proxyConnectMode, time.Since(requestStartTime).Milliseconds())
+	if *errorMsg == "" {
+		log.Infof(msg)
+	} else {
+		log.Errorf(`%s -- %s`, msg, *errorMsg)
+	}
 }
 
 func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) validateRequestAndGetProxy(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (string, string, string, string, *url.URL, error) {
-	if p.BalancerOnline.GetCount() != 0 {
+	urlHostname := req.URL.Hostname()
+	if p.BalancerReady.GetCount() != 0 {
 		errStr := "proxy is not ready"
 		http.Error(w, errStr, http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		return "", "", "", "", nil, errors.New(errStr)
@@ -39,6 +45,12 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) validateRequestAndGetProxy(w http.ResponseWriter,
 		return "", "", "", "", nil, errors.New(errStr)
 	}
 
+	if slices.Contains(config.GetConfig().BlockedDomains, urlHostname) {
+		errStr := "this domain has been blocked"
+		http.Error(w, errStr, http.StatusUnavailableForLegalReasons)
+		return "", "", "", "", nil, errors.New(errStr)
+	}
+
 	headerIncludeBrokenThirdparty := req.Header.Get(HeaderThirdpartyIncludeBroken)
 	req.Header.Del(HeaderThirdpartyIncludeBroken)
 	headerBypassThirdparty := req.Header.Get(HeaderThirdpartyBypass)
@@ -50,15 +62,20 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) validateRequestAndGetProxy(w http.ResponseWriter,
 	}
 
 	var selectedProxy string
-	if slices.Contains(config.GetConfig().ThirdpartyBypassDomains, req.URL.Hostname()) {
-		selectedProxy = p.getProxyFromOurs()
+
+	if val, ok := config.GetConfig().ResolveThrough[urlHostname]; ok {
+		selectedProxy = val
 	} else {
-		if headerIncludeBrokenThirdparty != "" {
-			selectedProxy = p.getProxyFromAllWithBroken()
-		} else if headerBypassThirdparty != "" {
+		if slices.Contains(config.GetConfig().ThirdpartyBypassDomains, urlHostname) {
 			selectedProxy = p.getProxyFromOurs()
 		} else {
-			selectedProxy = p.getProxyFromAll()
+			if headerIncludeBrokenThirdparty != "" {
+				selectedProxy = p.getProxyFromAllWithBroken()
+			} else if headerBypassThirdparty != "" {
+				selectedProxy = p.getProxyFromOurs()
+			} else {
+				selectedProxy = p.getProxyFromAll()
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if selectedProxy == "" {
@@ -82,13 +99,21 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) proxyHttpConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 	_, proxyUser, proxyPass, proxyHost, parsedProxyUrl, err := p.validateRequestAndGetProxy(w, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Error has already been handled, just log and return.
-		log.Debugf(`%s -> %s -- HTTP -- Rejecting request: %s`, remoteAddr, proxyHost, err)
+		if proxyHost == "" {
+			proxyHost = "none"
+		}
+		log.Debugf(`%s -> %s -> %s -- HTTP -- Rejecting request: %s`, remoteAddr, proxyHost, req.Host, err)
 		return
 	}
+
+	// Variables for later
 	var returnCode *int
 	returnCode = new(int)
 	*returnCode = -1
-	defer logProxyRequest(remoteAddr, proxyHost, req.Host, returnCode, "HTTP", requestStartTime)
+	var errorMsg *string
+	errorMsg = new(string)
+	*errorMsg = ""
+	defer logProxyRequest(remoteAddr, proxyHost, req.Host, returnCode, "HTTP", requestStartTime, errorMsg)
 
 	parsedProxyUrl.Scheme = "http"
 	if proxyUser != "" && proxyPass != "" {
@@ -103,7 +128,7 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) proxyHttpConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 
 	proxyReq, err := http.NewRequest(req.Method, req.URL.String(), req.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(`Failed to make %s request to "%s": %s`, req.Method, req.URL.String(), err)
+		*errorMsg = fmt.Sprintf(`Failed to make %s request to "%s": %s`, req.Method, req.URL.String(), err)
 		http.Error(w, "failed to make request to downstream", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
@@ -113,7 +138,7 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) proxyHttpConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.
 
 	resp, err := client.Do(proxyReq)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(`Failed to execute %s request to "%s": %s`, req.Method, req.URL.String(), err)
+		*errorMsg = fmt.Sprintf(`Failed to execute %s request to "%s": %s`, req.Method, req.URL.String(), err)
 		http.Error(w, "failed to execute request to downstream", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		return
 	}
@@ -132,18 +157,24 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) proxyHttpsConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http
 	_, proxyUser, proxyPass, proxyHost, _, err := p.validateRequestAndGetProxy(w, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Error has already been handled, just log and return.
-		log.Debugf(`%s -> %s -- CONNECT -- Rejecting request: %s`, remoteAddr, proxyHost, err)
+		if proxyHost == "" {
+			proxyHost = "none"
+		}
+		log.Debugf(`%s -> %s -> %s -- CONNECT -- Rejecting request: %s`, remoteAddr, proxyHost, targetHost, err)
 		return
 	}
 	var returnCode *int
 	returnCode = new(int)
 	*returnCode = -1
-	defer logProxyRequest(remoteAddr, proxyHost, targetHost, returnCode, "CONNECT", requestStartTime)
+	var errorMsg *string
+	errorMsg = new(string)
+	*errorMsg = ""
+	defer logProxyRequest(remoteAddr, proxyHost, targetHost, returnCode, "CONNECT", requestStartTime, errorMsg)
 
 	// Start a connection to the downstream proxy server.
 	proxyConn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", proxyHost, config.GetConfig().ProxyConnectTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(`Failed to dial proxy %s - %s`, proxyHost, err)
+		*errorMsg = fmt.Sprintf(`Failed to dial proxy %s - %s`, proxyHost, err)
 		http.Error(w, "failed to make request to downstream", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		return
 	}
@@ -160,7 +191,7 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) proxyHttpsConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http
 	}
 	resp, err := http.ReadResponse(bufio.NewReader(proxyConn), req)
 	if resp == nil {
-		log.Errorf(`Failed to CONNECT to %s using proxy %s: %s`, req.Host, proxyHost, err)
+		*errorMsg = fmt.Sprintf(`Failed to CONNECT to %s using proxy %s: %s`, req.Host, proxyHost, err)
 		http.Error(w, "failed to execute request to downstream", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		return
 	} else if err != nil {
@@ -171,14 +202,14 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) proxyHttpsConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	hj, ok := w.(http.Hijacker)
 	if !ok {
-		log.Errorf(`Failed to forward connection to %s using proxy %s`, req.Host, proxyHost)
+		*errorMsg = fmt.Sprintf(`Failed to forward connection to %s using proxy %s`, req.Host, proxyHost)
 		http.Error(w, "failed to forward connection to downstream", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		return
 	}
 
 	clientConn, _, err := hj.Hijack()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf(`Failed to execute connection forwarding to %s using proxy %s`, req.Host, proxyHost)
+		*errorMsg = fmt.Sprintf(`Failed to execute connection forwarding to %s using proxy %s`, req.Host, proxyHost)
 		http.Error(w, "failed to execute connection forwarding to downstream", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		return
 	}

src/proxy/proxy.go

@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ import (
 type ForwardProxyCluster struct {
 	mu                        sync.RWMutex
 	ourOnlineProxies          []string
+	ourOfflineProxies         []string
 	thirdpartyOnlineProxies   []string
 	thirdpartyBrokenProxies   []string
+	thirdpartyOfflineProxies  []string
 	ipAddresses               []string
-	BalancerOnline            WaitGroupCountable
+	BalancerReady             WaitGroupCountable
+	BalancerOnline            bool
 	currentProxyAll           int32
 	currentProxyOurs          int32
 	currentProxyAllWithBroken int32
+	refreshInProgress         bool
 }
 
 var log *logrus.Logger
@@ -31,7 +35,8 @@ func NewForwardProxyCluster() *ForwardProxyCluster {
 	atomic.StoreInt32(&p.currentProxyAll, 0)
 	atomic.StoreInt32(&p.currentProxyOurs, 0)
 	atomic.StoreInt32(&p.currentProxyAllWithBroken, 0)
-	p.BalancerOnline.Add(1)
+	p.BalancerReady.Add(1)
+	p.BalancerOnline = false
 	return p
 }
 

src/proxy/serve.go

@@ -34,14 +34,19 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request
 			} else if req.URL.Path == "/json" {
 				p.mu.RLock()
 				response := map[string]interface{}{
-					"uptime": int(math.Round(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())),
-					"online": p.BalancerOnline.GetCount() == 0,
+					"uptime":            int(math.Round(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())),
+					"online":            p.BalancerOnline && p.BalancerReady.GetCount() == 0,
+					"refreshInProgress": p.refreshInProgress,
 					"proxies": map[string]interface{}{
 						"totalOnline": len(p.ourOnlineProxies) + len(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies),
-						"ours":        removeCredentials(p.ourOnlineProxies),
+						"ours": map[string]interface{}{
+							"online":  removeCredentials(p.ourOnlineProxies),
+							"offline": removeCredentials(p.ourOfflineProxies),
+						},
 						"thirdParty": map[string]interface{}{
-							"online": removeCredentials(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies),
-							"broken": removeCredentials(p.thirdpartyBrokenProxies),
+							"online":  removeCredentials(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies),
+							"broken":  removeCredentials(p.thirdpartyBrokenProxies),
+							"offline": removeCredentials(p.thirdpartyOfflineProxies),
 						},
 					},
 				}
@@ -72,10 +77,14 @@ func removeCredentials(proxyURLs []string) []string {
 	for _, proxyURL := range proxyURLs {
 		u, err := url.Parse(proxyURL)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil
+			// Skip if invalid.
+			continue
 		}
 		u.User = nil
 		newURLs = append(newURLs, u.String())
 	}
+	if len(newURLs) == 0 {
+		newURLs = make([]string, 0)
+	}
 	return newURLs
 }

src/proxy/threads.go

@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) ValidateProxiesThread() {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 
 	for {
+		startTime := time.Now()
+		p.refreshInProgress = true
 		allProxies := removeDuplicates(append(config.GetConfig().ProxyPoolOurs, config.GetConfig().ProxyPoolThirdparty...))
 		newOurOnlineProxies := make([]string, 0)
+		newOurOfflineProxies := make([]string, 0)
 		newThirdpartyOnlineProxies := make([]string, 0)
 		newThirdpartyBrokenProxies := make([]string, 0)
+		newThirdpartyOfflineProxies := make([]string, 0)
 		newIpAddresses := make([]string, 0)
 
 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
@@ -31,6 +35,11 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) ValidateProxiesThread() {
 
 				if err := sem.Acquire(ctx, 1); err != nil {
 					log.Errorf("Validate - failed to acquire semaphore: %v", err)
+					if isThirdparty(pxy) {
+						newThirdpartyOfflineProxies = append(newThirdpartyOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					} else {
+						newOurOfflineProxies = append(newOurOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					}
 					return
 				}
 				defer sem.Release(1)
@@ -38,32 +47,51 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) ValidateProxiesThread() {
 				_, _, proxyHost, _, err := splitProxyURL(pxy)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Errorf(`Invalid proxy "%s"`, pxy)
+					if isThirdparty(pxy) {
+						newThirdpartyOfflineProxies = append(newThirdpartyOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					} else {
+						newOurOfflineProxies = append(newOurOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					}
 					return
 				}
 
 				// Test the proxy.
 				ipAddr, testErr := sendRequestThroughProxy(pxy, config.GetConfig().IpCheckerURL)
 				if testErr != nil {
-					log.Warnf("Validate - proxy %s failed: %s", proxyHost, testErr)
+					log.Debugf("Validate - %s failed: %s", proxyHost, testErr)
+					if isThirdparty(pxy) {
+						newThirdpartyOfflineProxies = append(newThirdpartyOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					} else {
+						newOurOfflineProxies = append(newOurOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					}
 					return
 				}
 				if slices.Contains(newIpAddresses, ipAddr) {
-					log.Warnf("Validate - duplicate IP Address %s for proxy %s", ipAddr, proxyHost)
+					log.Warnf("Validate - duplicate IP Address %s for %s", ipAddr, proxyHost)
+					if isThirdparty(pxy) {
+						newThirdpartyOfflineProxies = append(newThirdpartyOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					} else {
+						newOurOfflineProxies = append(newOurOfflineProxies, pxy)
+					}
 					return
 				}
 				newIpAddresses = append(newIpAddresses, ipAddr)
 
 				// Sort the proxy into the right groups.
 				if isThirdparty(pxy) {
-					newThirdpartyOnlineProxies = append(newThirdpartyOnlineProxies, pxy)
-
+					okToAdd := true
 					for _, d := range config.GetConfig().ThirdpartyTestUrls {
 						_, bv3hiErr := sendRequestThroughProxy(pxy, d)
 						if bv3hiErr != nil {
-							log.Debugf("Validate - Third-party %s failed: %s", proxyHost, bv3hiErr)
+							okToAdd = false
 							newThirdpartyBrokenProxies = append(newThirdpartyBrokenProxies, pxy)
+							log.Debugf("Validate - %s failed third-party test: %s", proxyHost, bv3hiErr)
+							break
 						}
 					}
+					if okToAdd {
+						newThirdpartyOnlineProxies = append(newThirdpartyOnlineProxies, pxy)
+					}
 				} else {
 					newOurOnlineProxies = append(newOurOnlineProxies, pxy)
 				}
@@ -73,26 +101,34 @@ func (p *ForwardProxyCluster) ValidateProxiesThread() {
 
 		p.mu.Lock()
 		p.ourOnlineProxies = removeDuplicates(newOurOnlineProxies)
+		p.ourOfflineProxies = newOurOfflineProxies
 		p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies = removeDuplicates(newThirdpartyOnlineProxies)
 		p.thirdpartyBrokenProxies = removeDuplicates(newThirdpartyBrokenProxies)
+		p.thirdpartyOfflineProxies = newThirdpartyOfflineProxies
 		p.ipAddresses = removeDuplicates(newIpAddresses)
+		p.BalancerOnline = len(slices.Concat(p.ourOnlineProxies, p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies, p.thirdpartyBrokenProxies)) > 0 // Online only if there are active and online proxies.
 		p.mu.Unlock()
 
-		if !started {
+		if config.GetConfig().ShuffleProxies {
 			p.mu.Lock()
 			p.ourOnlineProxies = shuffle(p.ourOnlineProxies)
 			p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies = shuffle(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies)
 			p.mu.Unlock()
+		}
+
+		if !started {
 			started = true
-			p.BalancerOnline.Done()
+			p.BalancerReady.Done()
 		}
 
 		p.mu.RLock()
-		log.Infof("Our Endpoints Online: %d, Third-Party Endpoints Online: %d, Third-Party Broken Endpoints: %d, Total Valid: %d",
-			len(p.ourOnlineProxies), len(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies), len(p.thirdpartyBrokenProxies), len(p.ourOnlineProxies)+(len(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies)-len(p.thirdpartyBrokenProxies)))
+		log.Infof("Our Endpoints Online: %d, Third-Party Endpoints Online: %d, Third-Party Broken Endpoints: %d, Total Valid: %d, Elapsed: %s",
+			len(p.ourOnlineProxies), len(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies), len(p.thirdpartyBrokenProxies), len(p.ourOnlineProxies)+len(p.thirdpartyOnlineProxies), time.Since(startTime),
+		)
 		p.mu.RUnlock()
 
-		time.Sleep(60 * time.Second)
+		p.refreshInProgress = false
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(config.GetConfig().ProxyCheckInterval) * time.Second)
 	}
 }