I am trying to hide my original IP address from the recipient, so I’m using a HttpClient with a proxy, however even when the proxy server is down, the request is still made successfully, only without the proxy, which isn’t the behavior I want.

Ideally the request should not be attempted if the proxy isn’t working, so as to always hide my original IP.

Is there a way to ensure this behavior?

Here is how I’m currently registering my HttpClient:

builder.Services
    .AddHttpClient("ProxyName123")
    .ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(p => new HttpClientHandler
    {
        Proxy = new WebProxy("myproxyurl.com", 1234),
        DefaultProxyCredentials = new NetworkCredential("myusername", "mypassword")
    });