# How many client connections can an proxy accept

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-many-client-connections-can-an-proxy-accept/5307
**Category:** Relay Operator
**Tags:** snowflake
**Created:** [October 26, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-many-client-connections-can-an-proxy-accept/5307 "2022-10-26T10:29:15Z")
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### Author: ![gus](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/gus/32/16_2.png) [@gus](https://forum.torproject.org/u/gus)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/how-many-client-connections-can-an-proxy-accept/5307/2 "2022-10-28T10:24:15Z")

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> Snowflakes running in browser extensions have a limit of one client they can serve at once, whereas the headless Snowflake have a configurable limit of how many clients to serve in parallel.

> [@Snowflake proxy connections limit](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-proxy-connections-limit/4113/5):
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> It looks more like different frequency of (single-threaded?) polling of the same broker, than using several brokers. Right – there is one Snowflake broker, which clients reach via domain fronting and which Snowflakes reach directly. Different frequency of polling is half of the story. The other half is that the Snowflakes running in browser extensions have a limit of one client they can serve at once, whereas the headless Snowflake have a configurable limit of how many clients to serve in pa…

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