From e855b9c8d926650590a97bd7ec0666ee33e65803 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 10:13:29 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): skip proxy config for help

---
 src/cli/run-main.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/run-main.ts b/src/cli/run-main.ts
index 597ed745449..ab4e4eebc76 100644
--- a/src/cli/run-main.ts
+++ b/src/cli/run-main.ts
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ export async function runCli(argv: string[] = process.argv) {
     proxyHandle = null;
     handle?.kill("SIGTERM");
   };
-  if (shouldStartProxyForCli(normalizedArgv)) {
+  if (!isHelpOrVersionInvocation && shouldStartProxyForCli(normalizedArgv)) {
     const config = await readBestEffortCliConfig();
     const unownedPrimary = await resolveUnownedCliPrimary({ argv: normalizedArgv, config });
     if (unownedPrimary) {
@@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ export async function runCli(argv: string[] = process.argv) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const shouldUseCliEnvProxy = shouldStartProxyForCli(normalizedArgv);
+    const shouldUseCliEnvProxy =
+      !isHelpOrVersionInvocation && shouldStartProxyForCli(normalizedArgv);
     const bootstrapProxyBeforeFastPath =
       shouldUseCliEnvProxy && shouldBootstrapCliProxyBeforeFastPath();
     if (