From d21c7534eb1ac0a568148eaee46ad64de9c55735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 12:25:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From c36ec8e3486a1c9b23dda3d873c2ba4bfb6325d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 12:29:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(windows): initialize winsock before proxy hostname
 validation

---
 Windows/src/ProxyBridge.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Windows/src/ProxyBridge.c b/Windows/src/ProxyBridge.c
index 7a21d5d..e955455 100644
--- a/Windows/src/ProxyBridge.c
+++ b/Windows/src/ProxyBridge.c
@@ -2566,12 +2566,29 @@ PROXYBRIDGE_API BOOL ProxyBridge_MoveRuleToPosition(UINT32 rule_id, UINT32 new_p
 
 PROXYBRIDGE_API BOOL ProxyBridge_SetProxyConfig(ProxyType type, const char* proxy_ip, UINT16 proxy_port, const char* username, const char* password)
 {
+    WSADATA wsa_data;
+    BOOL winsock_initialized = FALSE;
+
     if (proxy_ip == NULL || proxy_ip[0] == '\0' || proxy_port == 0)
         return FALSE;
 
+    // Hostname validation may happen before ProxyBridge_Start initializes Winsock.
+    // Initialize Winsock here so hostnames like "localhost" resolve reliably.
+    if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsa_data) == 0)
+    {
+        winsock_initialized = TRUE;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
     // Validate that the hostname/IP can be resolved
     if (resolve_hostname(proxy_ip) == 0)
+    {
+        WSACleanup();
         return FALSE;
+    }
 
     strncpy_s(g_proxy_host, sizeof(g_proxy_host), proxy_ip, _TRUNCATE);
     g_proxy_port = proxy_port;
@@ -2596,6 +2613,11 @@ PROXYBRIDGE_API BOOL ProxyBridge_SetProxyConfig(ProxyType type, const char* prox
         g_proxy_password[0] = '\0';
     }
 
+    if (winsock_initialized)
+    {
+        WSACleanup();
+    }
+
     return TRUE;
 }