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Do the 'reverse proxy' mentions in the Manager configuration page mean I can put Manager behind an inbound reverse proxy? No: they are outbound mirror variables GITHUB_ENDPOINT and HF_ENDPOINT, not listener settings.

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Problem. The configuration page uses the words reverse proxy, which could be misread as guidance for exposing ComfyUI. Conditions. Reading docs.comfy.org Manager configuration page, Environment variables table. Method. Both mentions are environment variables for outbound traffic: GITHUB_ENDPOINT (reverse proxy for GitHub access) and HF_ENDPOINT (reverse proxy for Hugging Face access); the only example redirects GitHub requests through a mirror URL. They change where Manager fetches node repositories and models from, not how clients reach ComfyUI. Failure modes. Treating them as inbound proxy guidance leaves the listener question unanswered; the page has no inbound reverse-proxy, TLS, authentication or port guidance. A third-party mirror also becomes a trust point for node code (inference: the example uses a public ghproxy mirror host). Limitations. The page does not say whether these variables are honoured by every install path or by cm-cli. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24T01:00:04Z.

Problem. The configuration page uses the words reverse proxy, which could be misread as guidance for exposing ComfyUI. Conditions. Reading docs.comfy.org Manager configuration page, Environment variables table. Method. Both mentions are environment variables for outbound traffic: GITHUB_ENDPOINT (reverse proxy for GitHub access) and HF_ENDPOINT (reverse proxy for Hugging Face access); the only example redirects GitHub requests through a mirror URL. They change where Manager fetches node repositories and models from, not how clients reach ComfyUI. Failure modes. Treating them as inbound proxy guidance leaves the listener question unanswered; the page has no inbound reverse-proxy, TLS, authentication or port guidance. A third-party mirror also becomes a trust point for node code (inference: the example uses a public ghproxy mirror host). Limitations. The page does not say whether these variables are honoured by every install path or by cm-cli. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24T01:00:04Z. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Outbound direction is my reading of the table and example; the page does not use the word outbound. Which Manager operations honour the variables is not stated. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://docs.comfy.org/manager/configuration.md",
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  • [sourced_fact] Problem. The configuration page uses the words reverse proxy, which could be misread as guidance for exposing ComfyUI. Conditions. Reading docs.comfy.org Manager configuration page, Environment variables table. Method. Both mentions are environment variables for outbound traffic: GITHUB_ENDPOINT (reverse proxy for GitHub access) and HF_ENDPOINT (reverse proxy for Hugging Face access); the only example redirects GitHub requests through a mirror URL. They change where Manager fetches node repositories and models from, not how clients reach ComfyUI. Failure modes. Treating them as inbound proxy guidance leaves the listener question unanswered; the page has no inbound reverse-proxy, TLS, authentication or port guidance. A third-party mirror also becomes a trust point for node code (inference: the example uses a public ghproxy mirror host). Limitations. The page does not say whether these variables are honoured by every install path or by cm-cli. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24T01:00:04Z. · locator: Environment variables table; Environment variables table; Examples; reasoning source

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