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WININET_E_NOT_PROXY_REQUEST
WININET_E_NOT_PROXY_REQUEST is a WinINet HRESULT. It means that a request or configuration operation requiring a direct WinINet session was attempted through a session configured for proxy access.
What to check for WININET_E_NOT_PROXY_REQUEST
- Inspect the access type and proxy settings used when the parent Internet handle was created.
- Use a handle configured for the required direct or proxy operation instead of changing behavior mid-request.
- Check organization proxy policy before bypassing a proxy to work around the error.
Diagnostic interpretation
This result has the HRESULT value 0x80072EF4. AllStat records the condition as “The request cannot be made on a Proxy session”.
Evidence to capture
- Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions this result or the wininet / proxy / request operation.
- Preserve the first failure in the call chain; a later HRESULT can describe cleanup rather than the original wininet / proxy / request condition.
Retry and recovery
Retry this result only when the owning API documents a transient state or after the condition described as “The request cannot be made on a Proxy session” has changed.
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