Stratum does not currently have any proxy support so do not try to switch to stratum if a proxy has been specified.
diff --git a/cgminer.c b/cgminer.c
index 36adc5b..482907c 100644
--- a/cgminer.c
+++ b/cgminer.c
@@ -4241,8 +4241,9 @@ retry_stratum:
gettimeofday(&tv_getwork_reply, NULL);
/* Detect if a http getwork pool has an X-Stratum header at startup,
- * and if so, switch to that in preference to getwork */
- if (unlikely(pool->stratum_url)) {
+ * and if so, switch to that in preference to getwork. Currently no
+ * proxy support so don't try to switch if a proxy is in use. */
+ if (unlikely(pool->stratum_url && !pool->rpc_proxy)) {
applog(LOG_NOTICE, "Switching pool %d %s to %s", pool->pool_no, pool->rpc_url, pool->stratum_url);
pool->has_stratum = true;
pool->rpc_url = pool->stratum_url;