diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 859fc6ad32..06d2bcddb6 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def skip_handler(request, handler):
+    # usage: pytest.mark.skip_handler('my_handler', 'reason')
     for marker in request.node.iter_markers('skip_handler'):
         if marker.args[0] == handler.RH_KEY:
             pytest.skip(marker.args[1] if len(marker.args) > 1 else '')
@@ -37,20 +38,19 @@ def skip_handler(request, handler):
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def skip_handler_if(request, handler):
+    # usage: pytest.mark.skip_handler_if('my_handler', lambda request: True, 'reason')
     for marker in request.node.iter_markers('skip_handler_if'):
         if marker.args[0] == handler.RH_KEY and marker.args[1](request):
             pytest.skip(marker.args[2] if len(marker.args) > 2 else '')
 
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def skip_handlers_if(request, handler):
+    # usage: pytest.mark.skip_handlers_if(lambda request, handler: True, 'reason')
     for marker in request.node.iter_markers('skip_handlers_if'):
         if handler and marker.args[0](request, handler):
             pytest.skip(marker.args[1] if len(marker.args) > 1 else '')
 
-def validate_and_send(rh, req):
-    rh.validate(req)
-    return rh.send(req)
-
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     config.addinivalue_line(
diff --git a/test/helper.py b/test/helper.py
index 7760fd8d7f..e7473120d1 100644
--- a/test/helper.py
+++ b/test/helper.py
@@ -338,3 +338,8 @@ def http_server_port(httpd):
 def verify_address_availability(address):
     if find_available_port(address) is None:
         pytest.skip(f'Unable to bind to source address {address} (address may not exist)')
+
+
+def validate_and_send(rh, req):
+    rh.validate(req)
+    return rh.send(req)
diff --git a/test/test_http_proxy.py b/test/test_http_proxy.py
index 69268b9c77..97ceef9f97 100644
--- a/test/test_http_proxy.py
+++ b/test/test_http_proxy.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from test.test_socks import IPv6ThreadingTCPServer
 from yt_dlp.dependencies import urllib3
 from yt_dlp.networking import Request
-from yt_dlp.networking.exceptions import ProxyError, HTTPError, SSLError
+from yt_dlp.networking.exceptions import HTTPError, ProxyError, SSLError
 
 
 class HTTPProxyAuthMixin:
@@ -124,21 +124,6 @@ def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-class WebsocketsProxyHandler(BaseRequestHandler):
-    def __init__(self, *args, proxy_info=None, **kwargs):
-        self.proxy_info = proxy_info
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def handle(self):
-        import websockets.sync.server
-        protocol = websockets.ServerProtocol()
-        connection = websockets.sync.server.ServerConnection(socket=self.request, protocol=protocol,
-                                                             close_timeout=0)
-        connection.handshake()
-        connection.send(json.dumps(self.proxy_info))
-        connection.close()
-
-
 class HTTPConnectProxyHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPProxyAuthMixin):
     protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
     default_request_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
@@ -199,6 +184,7 @@ def proxy_server(proxy_server_class, request_handler, bind_ip=None, **proxy_serv
 class HTTPProxyTestContext(abc.ABC):
     REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS = None
     REQUEST_PROTO = None
+
     def http_server(self, server_class, *args, **kwargs):
         return proxy_server(server_class, self.REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS, *args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -229,26 +215,9 @@ def proxy_info_request(self, handler, target_domain=None, target_port=None, **re
         return json.loads(handler.send(request).read().decode())
 
 
-class HTTPProxyWebsocketsTestContext(HTTPProxyTestContext):
-    REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS = WebsocketsProxyHandler
-    REQUEST_PROTO = 'ws'
-
-    def proxy_info_request(self, handler, target_domain=None, target_port=None, **req_kwargs):
-        request = Request(f'ws://{target_domain or "127.0.0.1"}:{target_port or "40000"}', **req_kwargs)
-        handler.validate(request)
-        ws = handler.send(request)
-        ws.send('proxy_info')
-        proxy_info = ws.recv()
-        ws.close()
-        return json.loads(proxy_info)
-
-# todo: wss
-
-
 CTX_MAP = {
     'http': HTTPProxyHTTPTestContext,
     'https': HTTPProxyHTTPSTestContext,
-    'ws': HTTPProxyWebsocketsTestContext,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_networking.py b/test/test_networking.py
index 00fc542e74..3ad2515fef 100644
--- a/test/test_networking.py
+++ b/test/test_networking.py
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
 from email.message import Message
 from http.cookiejar import CookieJar
 
-from test.conftest import validate_and_send
-from test.helper import FakeYDL, http_server_port, verify_address_availability
+from test.helper import (
+    FakeYDL,
+    http_server_port,
+    validate_and_send,
+    verify_address_availability,
+)
 from yt_dlp.cookies import YoutubeDLCookieJar
 from yt_dlp.dependencies import brotli, curl_cffi, requests, urllib3
 from yt_dlp.networking import (
@@ -64,21 +68,6 @@
 TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 
-def _build_proxy_handler(name):
-    class HTTPTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-        proxy_name = name
-
-        def log_message(self, format, *args):
-            pass
-
-        def do_GET(self):
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(f'{self.proxy_name}: {self.path}'.encode())
-    return HTTPTestRequestHandler
-
-
 class HTTPTestRequestHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
     default_request_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
@@ -319,8 +308,9 @@ def setup_class(cls):
         cls.https_server_thread.start()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
 class TestHTTPRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
+
     def test_verify_cert(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             with pytest.raises(CertificateVerifyError):
@@ -331,7 +321,6 @@ def test_verify_cert(self, handler):
             assert r.status == 200
             r.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_ssl_error(self, handler):
         # HTTPS server with too old TLS version
         # XXX: is there a better way to test this than to create a new server?
@@ -349,7 +338,6 @@ def test_ssl_error(self, handler):
                 validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'https://127.0.0.1:{https_port}/headers'))
             assert not issubclass(exc_info.type, CertificateVerifyError)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_percent_encode(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             # Unicode characters should be encoded with uppercase percent-encoding
@@ -361,7 +349,6 @@ def test_percent_encode(self, handler):
             assert res.status == 200
             res.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('path', [
         '/a/b/./../../headers',
         '/redirect_dotsegments',
@@ -377,15 +364,13 @@ def test_remove_dot_segments(self, handler, path):
             assert res.url == f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers'
             res.close()
 
-    # Not supported by CurlCFFI (non-standard)
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests'], indirect=True)
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('CurlCFFI', 'not supported by curl-cffi (non-standard)')
     def test_unicode_path_redirection(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             r = validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/302-non-ascii-redirect'))
             assert r.url == f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87.html'
             r.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_raise_http_error(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             for bad_status in (400, 500, 599, 302):
@@ -395,7 +380,6 @@ def test_raise_http_error(self, handler):
             # Should not raise an error
             validate_and_send(rh, Request('http://127.0.0.1:%d/gen_200' % self.http_port)).close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_response_url(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             # Response url should be that of the last url in redirect chain
@@ -407,7 +391,6 @@ def test_response_url(self, handler):
             res2.close()
 
     # Covers some basic cases we expect some level of consistency between request handlers for
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('redirect_status,method,expected', [
         # A 303 must either use GET or HEAD for subsequent request
         (303, 'POST', ('', 'GET', False)),
@@ -449,7 +432,6 @@ def test_redirect(self, handler, redirect_status, method, expected):
             assert expected[1] == res.headers.get('method')
             assert expected[2] == ('content-length' in headers.decode().lower())
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_request_cookie_header(self, handler):
         # We should accept a Cookie header being passed as in normal headers and handle it appropriately.
         with handler() as rh:
@@ -482,19 +464,16 @@ def test_request_cookie_header(self, handler):
             assert b'cookie: test=ytdlp' not in data.lower()
             assert b'cookie: test=test3' in data.lower()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_redirect_loop(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             with pytest.raises(HTTPError, match='redirect loop'):
                 validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/redirect_loop'))
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_incompleteread(self, handler):
         with handler(timeout=2) as rh:
             with pytest.raises(IncompleteRead, match='13 bytes read, 234221 more expected'):
                 validate_and_send(rh, Request('http://127.0.0.1:%d/incompleteread' % self.http_port)).read()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_cookies(self, handler):
         cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar()
         cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(
@@ -511,7 +490,6 @@ def test_cookies(self, handler):
                 rh, Request(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers', extensions={'cookiejar': cookiejar})).read()
             assert b'cookie: test=ytdlp' in data.lower()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_headers(self, handler):
 
         with handler(headers=HTTPHeaderDict({'test1': 'test', 'test2': 'test2'})) as rh:
@@ -527,7 +505,6 @@ def test_headers(self, handler):
             assert b'test2: test2' not in data
             assert b'test3: test3' in data
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_read_timeout(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             # Default timeout is 20 seconds, so this should go through
@@ -543,7 +520,6 @@ def test_read_timeout(self, handler):
             validate_and_send(
                 rh, Request(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/timeout_1', extensions={'timeout': 4}))
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_connect_timeout(self, handler):
         # nothing should be listening on this port
         connect_timeout_url = 'http://10.255.255.255'
@@ -562,7 +538,6 @@ def test_connect_timeout(self, handler):
                     rh, Request(connect_timeout_url, extensions={'timeout': 0.01}))
                 assert 0.01 <= time.time() - now < 20
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_source_address(self, handler):
         source_address = f'127.0.0.{random.randint(5, 255)}'
         # on some systems these loopback addresses we need for testing may not be available
@@ -574,13 +549,13 @@ def test_source_address(self, handler):
             assert source_address == data
 
     # Not supported by CurlCFFI
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests'], indirect=True)
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('CurlCFFI', 'not supported by curl-cffi')
     def test_gzip_trailing_garbage(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             data = validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'http://localhost:{self.http_port}/trailing_garbage')).read().decode()
             assert data == '<html><video src="/vid.mp4" /></html>'
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests'], indirect=True)
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('CurlCFFI', 'not applicable to curl-cffi')
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not brotli, reason='brotli support is not installed')
     def test_brotli(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
@@ -591,7 +566,6 @@ def test_brotli(self, handler):
             assert res.headers.get('Content-Encoding') == 'br'
             assert res.read() == b'<html><video src="/vid.mp4" /></html>'
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_deflate(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             res = validate_and_send(
@@ -601,7 +575,6 @@ def test_deflate(self, handler):
             assert res.headers.get('Content-Encoding') == 'deflate'
             assert res.read() == b'<html><video src="/vid.mp4" /></html>'
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_gzip(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             res = validate_and_send(
@@ -611,7 +584,6 @@ def test_gzip(self, handler):
             assert res.headers.get('Content-Encoding') == 'gzip'
             assert res.read() == b'<html><video src="/vid.mp4" /></html>'
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_multiple_encodings(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             for pair in ('gzip,deflate', 'deflate, gzip', 'gzip, gzip', 'deflate, deflate'):
@@ -622,8 +594,7 @@ def test_multiple_encodings(self, handler):
                 assert res.headers.get('Content-Encoding') == pair
                 assert res.read() == b'<html><video src="/vid.mp4" /></html>'
 
-    # Not supported by curl_cffi
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests'], indirect=True)
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handler('CurlCFFI', 'not supported by curl-cffi')
     def test_unsupported_encoding(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             res = validate_and_send(
@@ -633,7 +604,6 @@ def test_unsupported_encoding(self, handler):
             assert res.headers.get('Content-Encoding') == 'unsupported'
             assert res.read() == b'raw'
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_read(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             res = validate_and_send(
@@ -644,7 +614,6 @@ def test_read(self, handler):
             assert res.read().decode().endswith('\n\n')
             assert res.read() == b''
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_request_disable_proxy(self, handler):
         for proxy_proto in handler._SUPPORTED_PROXY_SCHEMES or ['http']:
             # Given the handler is configured with a proxy
@@ -656,7 +625,6 @@ def test_request_disable_proxy(self, handler):
                 res.close()
                 assert res.status == 200
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.skip_handlers_if(
         lambda _, handler: Features.NO_PROXY not in handler._SUPPORTED_FEATURES, 'handler does not support NO_PROXY')
     def test_noproxy(self, handler):
@@ -671,24 +639,23 @@ def test_noproxy(self, handler):
                     assert nop_response.status == 200
                     nop_response.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.skip_handlers_if(
         lambda _, handler: Features.ALL_PROXY not in handler._SUPPORTED_FEATURES, 'handler does not support ALL_PROXY')
     def test_allproxy(self, handler):
         # This is a bit of a hacky test, but it should be enough to check whether the handler is using the proxy.
         # 0.1s might not be enough of a timeout if proxy is not used in all cases, but should still get failures.
-        with handler(proxies={'all': f'http://10.255.255.255'}, timeout=0.1) as rh:
+        with handler(proxies={'all': 'http://10.255.255.255'}, timeout=0.1) as rh:
             with pytest.raises(TransportError):
-                validate_and_send(
-                        rh, Request(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers')).close()
+                validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers')).close()
 
         with handler(timeout=0.1) as rh:
             with pytest.raises(TransportError):
                 validate_and_send(
                     rh, Request(
-                        f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers', proxies={'all': f'http://10.255.255.255'})).close()
+                        f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.http_port}/headers', proxies={'all': 'http://10.255.255.255'})).close()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
 class TestClientCertificate:
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
@@ -715,27 +682,23 @@ def _run_test(self, handler, **handler_kwargs):
         ) as rh:
             validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'https://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/video.html')).read().decode()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_certificate_combined_nopass(self, handler):
         self._run_test(handler, client_cert={
             'client_certificate': os.path.join(self.certdir, 'clientwithkey.crt'),
         })
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_certificate_nocombined_nopass(self, handler):
         self._run_test(handler, client_cert={
             'client_certificate': os.path.join(self.certdir, 'client.crt'),
             'client_certificate_key': os.path.join(self.certdir, 'client.key'),
         })
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_certificate_combined_pass(self, handler):
         self._run_test(handler, client_cert={
             'client_certificate': os.path.join(self.certdir, 'clientwithencryptedkey.crt'),
             'client_certificate_password': 'foobar',
         })
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
     def test_certificate_nocombined_pass(self, handler):
         self._run_test(handler, client_cert={
             'client_certificate': os.path.join(self.certdir, 'client.crt'),
@@ -775,8 +738,8 @@ def test_remove_logging_handler(self, handler, logger_name):
         assert len(logging_handlers) == before_count
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib'], indirect=True)
 class TestUrllibRequestHandler(TestRequestHandlerBase):
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib'], indirect=True)
     def test_file_urls(self, handler):
         # See https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/8227
         tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
@@ -798,7 +761,6 @@ def test_file_urls(self, handler):
 
         os.unlink(tf.name)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib'], indirect=True)
     def test_http_error_returns_content(self, handler):
         # urllib HTTPError will try close the underlying response if reference to the HTTPError object is lost
         def get_response():
@@ -811,7 +773,6 @@ def get_response():
 
         assert get_response().read() == b'<html></html>'
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib'], indirect=True)
     def test_verify_cert_error_text(self, handler):
         # Check the output of the error message
         with handler() as rh:
@@ -821,7 +782,6 @@ def test_verify_cert_error_text(self, handler):
             ):
                 validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'https://127.0.0.1:{self.https_port}/headers'))
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('req,match,version_check', [
         # https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/987b712b4aeeece336eed24fcc87a950a756c3e2/Lib/http/client.py#L1256
         # bpo-39603: Check implemented in 3.7.9+, 3.8.5+
@@ -1153,7 +1113,7 @@ class HTTPSupportedRH(ValidationRH):
     ]
 
     PROXY_SCHEME_TESTS = [
-        # scheme, expected to fail
+        # proxy scheme, expected to fail
         ('Urllib', 'http', [
             ('http', False),
             ('https', UnsupportedRequest),
@@ -1179,30 +1139,41 @@ class HTTPSupportedRH(ValidationRH):
             ('socks5', False),
             ('socks5h', False),
         ]),
+        ('Websockets', 'ws', [
+            ('http', UnsupportedRequest),
+            ('https', UnsupportedRequest),
+            ('socks4', False),
+            ('socks4a', False),
+            ('socks5', False),
+            ('socks5h', False),
+        ]),
         (NoCheckRH, 'http', [('http', False)]),
         (HTTPSupportedRH, 'http', [('http', UnsupportedRequest)]),
-        ('Websockets', 'ws', [('http', UnsupportedRequest)]),
         (NoCheckRH, 'http', [('http', False)]),
         (HTTPSupportedRH, 'http', [('http', UnsupportedRequest)]),
     ]
 
     PROXY_KEY_TESTS = [
-        # key, expected to fail
-        ('Urllib', [
-            ('all', False),
-            ('unrelated', False),
+        # proxy key, proxy scheme, expected to fail
+        ('Urllib', 'http', [
+            ('all', 'http', False),
+            ('unrelated', 'http', False),
         ]),
-        ('Requests', [
-            ('all', False),
-            ('unrelated', False),
+        ('Requests', 'http', [
+            ('all', 'http', False),
+            ('unrelated', 'http', False),
         ]),
-        ('CurlCFFI', [
-            ('all', False),
-            ('unrelated', False),
+        ('CurlCFFI', 'http', [
+            ('all', 'http', False),
+            ('unrelated', 'http', False),
         ]),
-        (NoCheckRH, [('all', False)]),
-        (HTTPSupportedRH, [('all', UnsupportedRequest)]),
-        (HTTPSupportedRH, [('no', UnsupportedRequest)]),
+        ('Websockets', 'ws', [
+            ('all', 'socks5', False),
+            ('unrelated', 'socks5', False),
+        ]),
+        (NoCheckRH, 'http', [('all', 'http', False)]),
+        (HTTPSupportedRH, 'http', [('all', 'http', UnsupportedRequest)]),
+        (HTTPSupportedRH, 'http', [('no', 'http', UnsupportedRequest)]),
     ]
 
     EXTENSION_TESTS = [
@@ -1244,28 +1215,54 @@ class HTTPSupportedRH(ValidationRH):
         ]),
     ]
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,fail,scheme', [
+        ('Urllib', False, 'http'),
+        ('Requests', False, 'http'),
+        ('CurlCFFI', False, 'http'),
+        ('Websockets', False, 'ws')
+    ], indirect=['handler'])
+    def test_no_proxy(self, handler, fail, scheme):
+        run_validation(handler, fail, Request(f'{scheme}://', proxies={'no': '127.0.0.1,github.com'}))
+        run_validation(handler, fail, Request(f'{scheme}://'), proxies={'no': '127.0.0.1,github.com'})
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,scheme', [
+        ('Urllib', 'http'),
+        (HTTPSupportedRH, 'http'),
+        ('Requests', 'http'),
+        ('CurlCFFI', 'http'),
+        ('Websockets', 'ws')
+    ], indirect=['handler'])
+    def test_empty_proxy(self, handler, scheme):
+        run_validation(handler, False, Request(f'{scheme}://', proxies={scheme: None}))
+        run_validation(handler, False, Request(f'{scheme}://'), proxies={scheme: None})
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('proxy_url', ['//example.com', 'example.com', '127.0.0.1', '/a/b/c'])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,scheme', [
+        ('Urllib', 'http'),
+        (HTTPSupportedRH, 'http'),
+        ('Requests', 'http'),
+        ('CurlCFFI', 'http'),
+        ('Websockets', 'ws')
+    ], indirect=['handler'])
+    def test_invalid_proxy_url(self, handler, scheme, proxy_url):
+        run_validation(handler, UnsupportedRequest, Request(f'{scheme}://', proxies={scheme: proxy_url}))
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,scheme,fail,handler_kwargs', [
         (handler_tests[0], scheme, fail, handler_kwargs)
         for handler_tests in URL_SCHEME_TESTS
         for scheme, fail, handler_kwargs in handler_tests[1]
-
     ], indirect=['handler'])
     def test_url_scheme(self, handler, scheme, fail, handler_kwargs):
         run_validation(handler, fail, Request(f'{scheme}://'), **(handler_kwargs or {}))
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,fail', [('Urllib', False), ('Requests', False), ('CurlCFFI', False)], indirect=['handler'])
-    def test_no_proxy(self, handler, fail):
-        run_validation(handler, fail, Request('http://', proxies={'no': '127.0.0.1,github.com'}))
-        run_validation(handler, fail, Request('http://'), proxies={'no': '127.0.0.1,github.com'})
-
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,proxy_key,fail', [
-        (handler_tests[0], proxy_key, fail)
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,scheme,proxy_key,proxy_scheme,fail', [
+        (handler_tests[0], handler_tests[1], proxy_key, proxy_scheme, fail)
         for handler_tests in PROXY_KEY_TESTS
-        for proxy_key, fail in handler_tests[1]
+        for proxy_key, proxy_scheme, fail in handler_tests[2]
     ], indirect=['handler'])
-    def test_proxy_key(self, handler, proxy_key, fail):
-        run_validation(handler, fail, Request('http://', proxies={proxy_key: 'http://example.com'}))
-        run_validation(handler, fail, Request('http://'), proxies={proxy_key: 'http://example.com'})
+    def test_proxy_key(self, handler, scheme, proxy_key, proxy_scheme, fail):
+        run_validation(handler, fail, Request(f'{scheme}://', proxies={proxy_key: f'{proxy_scheme}://example.com'}))
+        run_validation(handler, fail, Request(f'{scheme}://'), proxies={proxy_key: f'{proxy_scheme}://example.com'})
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,req_scheme,scheme,fail', [
         (handler_tests[0], handler_tests[1], scheme, fail)
@@ -1276,16 +1273,6 @@ def test_proxy_scheme(self, handler, req_scheme, scheme, fail):
         run_validation(handler, fail, Request(f'{req_scheme}://', proxies={req_scheme: f'{scheme}://example.com'}))
         run_validation(handler, fail, Request(f'{req_scheme}://'), proxies={req_scheme: f'{scheme}://example.com'})
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', HTTPSupportedRH, 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
-    def test_empty_proxy(self, handler):
-        run_validation(handler, False, Request('http://', proxies={'http': None}))
-        run_validation(handler, False, Request('http://'), proxies={'http': None})
-
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('proxy_url', ['//example.com', 'example.com', '127.0.0.1', '/a/b/c'])
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Urllib', 'Requests', 'CurlCFFI'], indirect=True)
-    def test_invalid_proxy_url(self, handler, proxy_url):
-        run_validation(handler, UnsupportedRequest, Request('http://', proxies={'http': proxy_url}))
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler,scheme,extensions,fail', [
         (handler_tests[0], handler_tests[1], extensions, fail)
         for handler_tests in EXTENSION_TESTS
diff --git a/test/test_websockets.py b/test/test_websockets.py
index b8af05895a..bc9f2187a1 100644
--- a/test/test_websockets.py
+++ b/test/test_websockets.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import ssl
 import threading
 
-from yt_dlp import socks
+from yt_dlp import socks, traverse_obj
 from yt_dlp.cookies import YoutubeDLCookieJar
 from yt_dlp.dependencies import websockets
 from yt_dlp.networking import Request
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ def ws_validate_and_send(rh, req):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not websockets, reason='websockets must be installed to test websocket request handlers')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
 class TestWebsSocketRequestHandlerConformance:
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls):
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ def setup_class(cls):
         cls.mtls_wss_thread, cls.mtls_wss_port = create_mtls_wss_websocket_server()
         cls.mtls_wss_base_url = f'wss://127.0.0.1:{cls.mtls_wss_port}'
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_basic_websockets(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url))
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ def test_basic_websockets(self, handler):
 
     # https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455.html#section-5.6
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('msg,opcode', [('str', 1), (b'bytes', 2)])
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_send_types(self, handler, msg, opcode):
         with handler() as rh:
             ws = ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url))
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ def test_send_types(self, handler, msg, opcode):
             assert int(ws.recv()) == opcode
             ws.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_verify_cert(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             with pytest.raises(CertificateVerifyError):
@@ -161,14 +159,12 @@ def test_verify_cert(self, handler):
             assert ws.status == 101
             ws.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_ssl_error(self, handler):
         with handler(verify=False) as rh:
             with pytest.raises(SSLError, match=r'ssl(?:v3|/tls) alert handshake failure') as exc_info:
                 ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.bad_wss_host))
             assert not issubclass(exc_info.type, CertificateVerifyError)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('path,expected', [
         # Unicode characters should be encoded with uppercase percent-encoding
         ('/中文', '/%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87'),
@@ -183,7 +179,6 @@ def test_percent_encode(self, handler, path, expected):
             assert ws.status == 101
             ws.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_remove_dot_segments(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             # This isn't a comprehensive test,
@@ -196,7 +191,6 @@ def test_remove_dot_segments(self, handler):
 
     # We are restricted to known HTTP status codes in http.HTTPStatus
     # Redirects are not supported for websockets
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('status', (200, 204, 301, 302, 303, 400, 500, 511))
     def test_raise_http_error(self, handler, status):
         with handler() as rh:
@@ -204,7 +198,6 @@ def test_raise_http_error(self, handler, status):
                 ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(f'{self.ws_base_url}/gen_{status}'))
             assert exc_info.value.status == status
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('params,extensions', [
         ({'timeout': sys.float_info.min}, {}),
         ({}, {'timeout': sys.float_info.min}),
@@ -214,7 +207,6 @@ def test_timeout(self, handler, params, extensions):
             with pytest.raises(TransportError):
                 ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url, extensions=extensions))
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_cookies(self, handler):
         cookiejar = YoutubeDLCookieJar()
         cookiejar.set_cookie(http.cookiejar.Cookie(
@@ -240,7 +232,6 @@ def test_cookies(self, handler):
             assert json.loads(ws.recv())['cookie'] == 'test=ytdlp'
             ws.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_source_address(self, handler):
         source_address = f'127.0.0.{random.randint(5, 255)}'
         verify_address_availability(source_address)
@@ -250,7 +241,6 @@ def test_source_address(self, handler):
             assert source_address == ws.recv()
             ws.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_response_url(self, handler):
         with handler() as rh:
             url = f'{self.ws_base_url}/something'
@@ -258,7 +248,6 @@ def test_response_url(self, handler):
             assert ws.url == url
             ws.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_request_headers(self, handler):
         with handler(headers=HTTPHeaderDict({'test1': 'test', 'test2': 'test2'})) as rh:
             # Global Headers
@@ -294,7 +283,6 @@ def test_request_headers(self, handler):
             'client_certificate_password': 'foobar',
         }
     ))
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_mtls(self, handler, client_cert):
         with handler(
             # Disable client-side validation of unacceptable self-signed testcert.pem
@@ -304,7 +292,6 @@ def test_mtls(self, handler, client_cert):
         ) as rh:
             ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.mtls_wss_base_url)).close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     def test_request_disable_proxy(self, handler):
         for proxy_proto in handler._SUPPORTED_PROXY_SCHEMES or ['ws']:
             # Given handler is configured with a proxy
@@ -315,7 +302,6 @@ def test_request_disable_proxy(self, handler):
                 assert ws.status == 101
                 ws.close()
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize('handler', ['Websockets'], indirect=True)
     @pytest.mark.skip_handlers_if(
         lambda _, handler: Features.NO_PROXY not in handler._SUPPORTED_FEATURES, 'handler does not support NO_PROXY')
     def test_noproxy(self, handler):
@@ -329,6 +315,21 @@ def test_noproxy(self, handler):
                     assert ws.status == 101
                     ws.close()
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip_handlers_if(
+        lambda _, handler: Features.ALL_PROXY not in handler._SUPPORTED_FEATURES, 'handler does not support ALL_PROXY')
+    def test_allproxy(self, handler):
+        supported_proto = traverse_obj(handler._SUPPORTED_PROXY_SCHEMES, 0, default='ws')
+        # This is a bit of a hacky test, but it should be enough to check whether the handler is using the proxy.
+        # 0.1s might not be enough of a timeout if proxy is not used in all cases, but should still get failures.
+        with handler(proxies={'all': f'{supported_proto}://10.255.255.255'}, timeout=0.1) as rh:
+            with pytest.raises(TransportError):
+                ws_validate_and_send(rh, Request(self.ws_base_url)).close()
+
+        with handler(timeout=0.1) as rh:
+            with pytest.raises(TransportError):
+                ws_validate_and_send(
+                    rh, Request(self.ws_base_url, proxies={'all': f'{supported_proto}://10.255.255.255'})).close()
+
 
 def create_fake_ws_connection(raised):
     import websockets.sync.client