FAQ

We put together a list of the most frequently asked questions

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How do I debug my local site with Inspect?

iOS doesn’t support port forwarding to enable you to forward your localhost to the device. As a workaround we recommend a service like https://ngrok.com to enable a secure tunnel.

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Windows Defender gives me a warning when opening Inspect?

Windows 10 gives a warning about Inspect because the Smart Scanner filter hasn’t seen more than 1000 users using Inspect before.

Details in

• https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_defender-protect_scanning-windows_10/windows-defender-is-giving-a-warning-when/ee48147e-8fe2-46d5-bfba-

• https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/139347/smart-screen-filter-still-complains-despite-i-signed-the-executable-why

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Proxy server support

Inspect is built with Electron, and has exactly the same proxy server support as Google Chromium.

Here’s a snippet from Chromium’s documentation:

“The Chromium network stack uses the system network settings so that users and administrators can control the network settings of all applications easily. The network settings include:

 - proxy settings
 - SSL/TLS settings
 - certificate revocation check settings
 - certificate and private key stores"

This means that your proxy settings should be picked up automatically.

Otherwise, you can use the following command-line arguments to control your proxy settings:

# Disable proxy
--no-proxy-server

# Manual proxy address
--proxy-server=<scheme>=<uri>[:<port>][;...] | <uri>[:<port>] | "direct://"

# Manual PAC address
--proxy-pac-url=<pac-file-url>

# Disable proxy per host
--proxy-bypass-list=(<trailing_domain>|<ip-address>)[:<port>][;...]

To learn more about these command-line arguments, see Chromium Network Settings.