Hi, I have two parent proxies configured, but Squid seems to stick to the default proxy even when the proxy cannot be reached: 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| Detected DEAD Parent: proxy.mycompany.de 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:13 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:43 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:43 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:43 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:43 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:43 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:43 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed 2017/03/15 06:40:43 kid1| TCP connection to proxy.mycompany.de/8080 failed No failover takes place... I must miss someting in my config. Can someone please help me. I am on Ubuntu 16.04.2: $ squid -v Squid Cache: Version 3.5.12 Service Name: squid Ubuntu linux configure options: '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--includedir=${prefix}/include' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man' '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var' '--libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/squid3' '--srcdir=.' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--disable-silent-rules' 'BUILDCXXFLAGS=-g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now' '--datadir=/usr/share/squid' '--sysconfdir=/etc/squid' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib/squid' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--enable-inline' '--disable-arch-native' '--enable-async-io=8' '--enable-storeio=ufs,aufs,diskd,rock' '--enable-removal-policies=lru,heap' '--enable-delay-pools' '--enable-cache-digests' '--enable-icap-client' '--enable-follow-x-forwarded-for' '--enable-auth-basic=DB,fake,getpwnam,LDAP,NCSA,NIS,PAM,POP3,RADIUS,SASL,SMB' '--enable-auth-digest=file,LDAP' '--enable-auth-negotiate=kerberos,wrapper' '--enable-auth-ntlm=fake,smb_lm' '--enable-external-acl-helpers=file_userip,kerberos_ldap_group,LDAP_group,session,SQL_session,unix_group,wbinfo_group' '--enable-url-rewrite-helpers=fake' '--enable-eui' '--enable-esi' '--enable-icmp' '--enable-zph-qos' '--enable-ecap' '--disable-translation' '--with-swapdir=/var/spool/squid' '--with-logdir=/var/log/squid' '--with-pidfile=/var/run/squid.pid' '--with-filedescriptors=65536' '--with-large-files' '--with-default-user=proxy' '--enable-build-info=Ubuntu linux' '--enable-linux-netfilter' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security' This is my squid.conf # ACCESS CONTROLS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # OpenStack Networks acl localnet src 10.116.0.0/20 acl localnet src 10.30.200.0/21 acl localnet src 10.30.216.0/22 # mycompany Networks acl to_matnet dst 139.2.0.0/16 acl to_matnet dst 193.96.112.0/21 acl to_matnet dst 192.109.216.0/24 acl to_matnet dst 100.1.4.0/22 acl to_matnet dst 10.0.0.0/8 acl to_matnet dst 172.16.0.0/12 acl to_matnet dst 192.168.0.0/16 # SSL-Ports acl SSL_ports port 443 # https acl SSL_ports port 563 # snews acl SSL_ports port 873 # rsync # Safe-Ports acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl Safe_ports port 631 # cups acl Safe_ports port 873 # rsync acl Safe_ports port 901 # SWAT # HTTPS acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access allow localnet http_access allow localhost http_access deny all # NETWORK OPTIONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http_port 10.30.202.99:3128 # OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cache_peer proxy.mycompany.de parent 8080 0 no-query no-digest default cache_peer roxy.mycompany.de parent 8080 0 no-query no-digest # MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- maximum_object_size_in_memory 8 MB memory_replacement_policy heap LFUDA cache_mem 256 MB # DISK CACHE OPTIONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- maximum_object_size 10 GB cache_replacement_policy heap GDSF cache_dir ufs /var/cache/squid 88894 16 256 max-size=10737418240 # LOGFILE OPTIONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- access_log daemon:/var/log/squid/access.log squid # OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log coredump_dir /var/log/squid # OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- max_stale 6 days shutdown_lifetime 5 seconds # ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- visible_hostname mos-proxy.mycompany.com # OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- always_direct allow to_matnet never_direct allow all # DNS OPTIONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- dns_nameservers 139.2.34.171 dns_nameservers 139.2.34.37 # MISCELLANEOUS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- memory_pools off _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users