# Oxylabs adds Masque protocol support to its proxy infrastructure

> Oxylabs announced support for the Masque protocol, a modern tunneling protocol designed to improve proxy performance and security.

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- Beat: Infrastructure & Proxies · Evidence: Primary source · Type/significance: release/2 · First seen: 2026-09-30T00:42:17.483419+00:00 · Updated: 2026-09-30T00:42:17.483419+00:00 · Edition: 2026-11-05
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## Briefing
- Oxylabs: Oxylabs announced support for the Masque protocol, a modern tunneling protocol designed to improve proxy performance and security.

## Why it matters
Masque protocol support signals a shift toward more efficient and secure proxy connections, which can reduce latency and improve reliability for web scraping and data extraction tasks. For practitioners, this means potentially faster and more stable proxy rotations, especially in environments where traditional protocols like SOCKS5 are becoming less effective against modern anti-bot systems.

## Sources
- Primary source · Oxylabs · date unknown — [Masque Protocol Support](https://oxylabs.io/blog/masque-protocol-support)

## Watch next
Will other major proxy providers follow Oxylabs in adopting Masque, and how will this affect compatibility with existing scraping tools?

Topics: Oxylabs, masque-protocol, proxy-infrastructure, tunneling, oxylabs

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