Chrome 85+ not accepting local PAC file

With Chrome 85 and higher, it is by design of Chrome itself to not support any PAC files locally. Instead, the PAC file needs to be hosted, which can be done on the node itself.

To locally host a PAC on your node follow these steps:

1. Go to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

2. Create a file with any name you would like and paste the following:

server {
    listen 127.0.0.1:80;
    server_name localhost;
    location / {
        root /tmp;
        index index.html;
    }
}

This file suggests that your proxy should be placed under /tmp. However, you can change this location according to your preference.

Now you can configure this locally hosted PAC Proxy using the Catchpoint utility.

To change the proxy setting follow this guide: Proxy Setup for Enterprise Nodes