Retry middleware loops to max
Likely causes
- - 407/timeout classified as retryable
- - Wrong credentials in env
Verified remedy
Fix the 407 or timeout root cause first; retries cannot repair auth.
Proxy troubleshooting
Fix scrapy retrying all requests
Ranked causes, ordered diagnostics, and a verified remedy for scrapy retrying all requests - ending with a final connection check.
Quick answer
Fix: Scrapy retries every request through the proxy. Confirm endpoint values, test with curl through the endpoint, apply the matched remedy, then re-verify the exit IP is your assigned endpoint.
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Final connection check
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Ranked causes, ordered diagnostics, and a verified remedy for scrapy retrying all requests - ending with a final connection check.
Fix: Scrapy retries every request through the proxy. Confirm endpoint values, test with curl through the endpoint, apply the matched remedy, then re-verify the exit IP is your assigned endpoint.
Diagnosis tree
All requests fail after first success
Likely causes
- - Endpoint throttling your concurrency
- - Connection pool exhausted
Verified remedy
Lower CONCURRENT_REQUESTS to 1-2, confirm stability, then increase in steps.
Final connection check
- 1Apply the remedy for the matched symptom
- 2Test the endpoint directly with curl -x or --socks5-hostname
- 3Repeat the original action in the tool
- 4Confirm the exit IP is the assigned endpoint
Working connection
The original action completes and the exit IP matches the endpoint.
Broken connection
If curl through the endpoint also fails, the problem is endpoint-level: check dashboard status or swap to a spare endpoint.
Sources
Facts last reviewed 2026-09-01.
Prevent it recurring
RETRY_TIMES and bad-status handling matter less than fixing the underlying proxy failure the retries keep repeating.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I fix scrapy retrying all requests?
Work the diagnosis tree top to bottom: confirm endpoint values, test with curl through the endpoint, apply the remedy, then run the final connection check.
Why does this keep coming back?
Recurring proxy failures usually trace to an unstable mapping - rotating endpoints or shared addresses. A dedicated static endpoint per profile makes behavior predictable.
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