\uD83C\uDF31 Solution
Just as a follow up, Please find attached the internal test that has been run.
PROXY_ENABLED=true
PROXY_HOSTNAME=192.168.4.243
PROXY_PORT=3128
PROXY_USERNAME=domain\\test
PROXY_PASSWORD=iquate
Please note the double backslash is intentional “\\”
Domain\\username
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