Google News RSS: order of direct access and proxies in NewsPulse
For Google News RSS only, the README documents a dedicated chain: direct first (ignoring system HTTP_PROXY), then the source proxy if set, then NEWSPULSE_RSS_PROXY, then comma-separated fallbacks in NEWSPULSE_RSS_PROXY_FALLBACKS.
Other RSS feeds use the source proxy and, if empty, NEWSPULSE_RSS_PROXY, without that Google-specific fallback list.
Disabling direct-first
Set NEWSPULSE_RSS_GOOGLE_TRY_DIRECT_FIRST=0 if you must not try a direct connection first (see README).
Version note
Behaviour follows the current repo docs; check CHANGELOG after upgrades.