# pproxy: a forward proxy that load-balances a pool of upstream proxies

DevFeed: [pproxy: a forward proxy that load-balances a pool of upstream proxies](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pproxy-a-forward-proxy-that-load-balances-a-pool-of-upstream-proxies-34032.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://andikaahmad.com/blog/pproxy/>)

Published: 2026-06-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Andika Ahmad Ramadhan -- Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/andika-ahmad-ramadhan-blog.md>)

Topics: [proxy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proxy.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [health checks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/health-checks.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>)

Tags: [client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/client.md>), [health](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/health.md>), [health-checks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/health-checks.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [prometheus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prometheus.md>), [proxy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proxy.md>), [reload](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reload.md>), [round-robin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/round-robin.md>), [socks5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/socks5.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents pproxy, a forward proxy that distributes client traffic across upstream proxies. It describes active health checks, round-robin selection, failover within requests, hot configuration reloads, per-user authentication, and Prometheus metrics.

## Source excerpt

pproxy is a forward proxy that load-balances client traffic across a pool of upstream proxies with active health checks and hot config reload, so switching proxy providers means editing one config file instead of every client.