Check whether a VPN proxy provider you are considering has a history of shutting down or disappearing with user funds before you pay for a subscription.
Submit a report documenting a new provider shutdown so other users in the community are warned quickly.
Research which upstream network suppliers have caused cascading failures that took multiple proxy services offline.
| limbopro/paolujichang | charliedream1/ai_quant_trade | xiangyuecn/recorder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5,604 | 5,604 | 5,604 |
| Language | — | Jupyter Notebook | JavaScript |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | easy |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | general | data | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
This is a community-maintained blacklist of VPN proxy services that have shut down, disappeared, or stopped functioning, with a focus on the Chinese-speaking internet market. The word "Paolujichang" in the title translates roughly to "airports that ran away," because in Chinese internet slang, VPN proxy providers are called "airports" (a reference to flying over the Great Firewall). When a provider suddenly vanishes with user funds or lets service collapse without notice, it is said to have "run away." The project started in December 2020 following a notable incident where a large proxy provider called Tempest (formerly RixCloud) shut down abruptly, affecting many subscribers. Since then, the maintainer has kept a running log organized by year, from 2020 through 2026, recording provider names, warning levels, dates, and links to community discussions or GitHub issue threads where affected users left reports. The list includes several types of entries: providers that shut down entirely and disappeared with user money, providers that showed early warning signs like non-responsive customer support or long outages, and upstream network suppliers whose collapse took multiple providers down with them. Each row notes the provider name, its category (proxy service, VPN, streaming bundle platform, or upstream network supplier), a warning level, reference links, and the date last updated. Anyone who suspects their proxy provider has run away can check this list or submit a new entry through GitHub issues or a Telegram bot linked in the README. The project also notes a period in 2023 when several popular open-source proxy tools (including Clash and its derivatives) deleted their own repositories under pressure, and tracks those events separately from provider shutdowns. The repository is a reference document rather than a software project. There is no code to run. Its value is as a public record that helps users in the Chinese-speaking internet community avoid services with a history of vanishing, and to share information quickly when a new provider starts showing warning signs.
A community-maintained blacklist of Chinese VPN proxy providers that have shut down or disappeared with user funds, organized by year from 2020 to 2026 so users can check a service before subscribing.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly general.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
Verify against the repo before relying on details.