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+import logging
+import os
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+TUNNEL_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
+TUNNEL_PORT = "8888"
+
+
+def estela_proxy():
+    if os.environ.get("ESTELA_PROXIES_ENABLED"):
+        logger.debug("[proxy] Proxy active at %s:%s", TUNNEL_HOST, TUNNEL_PORT)
+        return f"{TUNNEL_HOST}:{TUNNEL_PORT}"
+    return None
+
+
+def estela_proxies():
+    """
+    Returns a requests-compatible proxies dict with upstream proxy credentials.
+    For use with requests.Session (no mitmproxy tunnel needed).
+    Returns an empty dict when proxy is disabled.
+
+    Usage:
+        from estela_requests.proxy import estela_proxies
+        session = requests.Session()
+        session.proxies = estela_proxies()
+    """
+    if not os.environ.get("ESTELA_PROXIES_ENABLED"):
+        return {}
+    user = os.environ.get("ESTELA_PROXY_USER", "")
+    password = os.environ.get("ESTELA_PROXY_PASS", "")
+    host = os.environ.get("ESTELA_PROXY_URL", "")
+    port = os.environ.get("ESTELA_PROXY_PORT", "")
+    if not all([user, password, host]):
+        logger.warning("[proxy] Incomplete proxy variables.")
+        return {}
+    proxy_url = f"http://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}"
+    return {"http": proxy_url, "https": proxy_url}
+
+
+def estela_driver_kwargs():
+    """
+    Returns the kwargs needed to configure a SeleniumBase Driver with proxy support.
+    If proxy is disabled, returns an empty dict so the Driver works normally.
+
+    Usage:
+        from estela_requests.proxy import estela_driver_kwargs
+        driver = Driver(browser="chrome", uc=True, **estela_driver_kwargs())
+    """
+    proxy = estela_proxy()
+    if proxy:
+        return {
+            "proxy": proxy,
+            "chromium_arg": "--ignore-certificate-errors",
+        }
+    return {}