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**[Affected versions]:**
- Firefox Beta 143.0b5 - Build ID: 20250827090822
- Firefox Nightly 144.0a1 - Build ID: 20250828092344

**[Affected Platforms]:**
- Windows 10 x64

**[Prerequisites]:**
- Have a Firefox en-US locale installed.
- Have a Firefox profile older than 7 days.
- Have FxA enabled, but you are not signed in to sync.
- Have no enterprise policies.
- Have the `app.update.channel` pref set to `release` in the "about:config" page.
- Have the [user.js](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s8Zu8y70ut851CIrXN-mIJigygM5Ym7D/view?usp=drive_link) file saved to your PC.

**[Steps to reproduce]:**
1. Open the browser using the profile from the prerequisites.
2. Navigate to the "about:preferences" page and search for the "network" term.
3. Click the "Settings" button from the "Network Settings" section and set up a manual proxy configuration.
4. Navigate to the profile folder and paste the [user.js](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s8Zu8y70ut851CIrXN-mIJigygM5Ym7D/view?usp=drive_link) file from the prerequisites.
5. Restart the browser.
6. Navigate to the "about:studies" page and observe the active experiments.

**[Expected result]:**
- The "Firefox VPN for Windows 10 Users - Alpha" is not displayed in the list.
    
**[Actual result]:**
- The "Firefox VPN for Windows 10 Users - Alpha" is displayed in the list and marked as active.

**[Notes]:**
- It seems that if a manual proxy is set, the value of the `network.proxy.type` pref is set to `1`, and according to the information I've found is set to `2` only if the proxy was set using a Proxy Auto-Config file.
- Attached a screen recording of the issue.
**[Affected versions]:**
- Firefox Beta 143.0b5 - Build ID: 20250827090822
- Firefox Nightly 144.0a1 - Build ID: 20250828092344

**[Affected Platforms]:**
- Windows 10 x64

**[Prerequisites]:**
- Have a Firefox en-US locale installed.
- Have a Firefox profile older than 7 days.
- Have FxA enabled, but you are not signed in to sync.
- Have no enterprise policies.
- Have the `app.update.channel` pref set to `release` in the "about:config" page.
- Have the [user.js](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s8Zu8y70ut851CIrXN-mIJigygM5Ym7D/view?usp=drive_link) file saved to your PC.

**[Steps to reproduce]:**
1. Open the browser using the profile from the prerequisites.
2. Navigate to the "about:preferences" page and search for the "network" term.
3. Click the "Settings" button from the "Network Settings" section and set up a manual proxy configuration.
4. Navigate to the profile folder and delete the "state.json" file from the "datareporting" folder.
5. Paste the [user.js](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s8Zu8y70ut851CIrXN-mIJigygM5Ym7D/view?usp=drive_link) file from the prerequisites in the same folder and restart the browser.
6. Navigate to the "about:studies" page and observe the active experiments.

**[Expected result]:**
- The "Firefox VPN for Windows 10 Users - Alpha" is not displayed in the list.
    
**[Actual result]:**
- The "Firefox VPN for Windows 10 Users - Alpha" is displayed in the list and marked as active.

**[Notes]:**
- It seems that if a manual proxy is set, the value of the `network.proxy.type` pref is set to `1`, and according to the information I've found is set to `2` only if the proxy was set using a Proxy Auto-Config file.
- Attached a screen recording of the issue.

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