# Big increase in Snowflake proxy traffic recently
**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650
**Category:** Censorship Circumvention
**Tags:** snowflake
**Created:** [May 27, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650 "2026-05-27T17:24:30Z")
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### Author:  [@Noino](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Noino)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650/1 "2026-05-27T17:24:30Z")
I just thought I’d share some feedback on the substantial increase in proxy traffic I’m seeing right now. I only recently upgraded my standalone proxy to v2.13.1 and that could be a factor. My proxy runs on my OpenWrt router in unrestricted mode with no capacity limit.
- Concurrent connections are up from a usual figure of 7 to figures often above 50
- Throughput has increased to figures consistently above 500KB/s hourly average (download) from generally much lower & much more variable hourly rates
- Metrics show the largest number of successful connections from the following 4 countries: US, RU, IR, ??
- Memory usage is peaking at somewhat under 300MB, which is quite manageable for my device
I don’t know how much of the above is as a result of the upgrade. I expected more traffic from Russia, given 2.13.1 circumvents a recent censorship measure the Russian authorities introduced. Iran also seems to have opened its internet somewhat, as I was seeing very few connections from Iran until recently.
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### Author:  [@BobbyB](https://forum.torproject.org/u/BobbyB)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650/2 "2026-05-28T02:03:56Z")
Yes, me too.
Has nothing to do with the upgrade. have been at 2.13.1 since it was suggested to upgrade
It’s Iran they just implemented the famous a terminator phrase “I’ll be back” 🙂
They are.
Mine are up from 7 to my max 14. Three times the traffic as the previous day.
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### Author:  [@gus](https://forum.torproject.org/u/gus)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650/3 "2026-05-28T15:42:29Z")
The internet in Iran was partially reconnected since May 26th: [Doug Madory: "Seeing the first signs of a possible internet res…" - Infosec Exchange](https://infosec.exchange/@dougmadory/116640959717335145), but with many websites and online services blocked. So I suspect the snowflake traffic is coming from Iranian users.
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### Author:  [@Noino](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Noino)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650/4 "2026-05-28T16:23:28Z")
Seems so. Metrics now show IR in second place & RU third, in terms of successful connections.
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### Author:  [@BobbyB](https://forum.torproject.org/u/BobbyB)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650/5 "2026-05-28T21:26:04Z")
My stats from 2026/05/26 12:09:26 UTC → 2026/05/28 19:32:15 UTC say:
In number of visitors: 01131 IR, 00206 RU, 00034 US, 00022 CN
In time: IR 490 Hrs, RU 94 hrs
This is with -capacity 14 and computed from the logs for sessions opened then closed.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.torproject.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/big-increase-in-snowflake-proxy-traffic-recently/21650/6 "2026-05-30T21:26:12Z")
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