Merge the default options with custom ones in ReverseProxy and

Pleroma.HTTP

lib/pleroma/http/connection.ex

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def new(opts \\ []) do
 
   # fetch Hackney options
   #
-  defp hackney_options(opts) do
+  def hackney_options(opts) do
     options = Keyword.get(opts, :adapter, [])
     adapter_options = Pleroma.Config.get([:http, :adapter], [])
     proxy_url = Pleroma.Config.get([:http, :proxy_url], nil)

lib/pleroma/http/http.ex

@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ defp process_sni_options(options, url) do
   end
 
   def process_request_options(options) do
-    case Pleroma.Config.get([:http, :proxy_url]) do
-      nil -> options
-      proxy -> options ++ [proxy: proxy]
-    end
+    Keyword.merge(Pleroma.HTTP.Connection.hackney_options([]), options)
   end
 
   @doc """

lib/pleroma/reverse_proxy/reverse_proxy.ex

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.ReverseProxy do
   * `http`: options for [hackney](https://github.com/benoitc/hackney).
 
   """
-  @default_hackney_options []
+  @default_hackney_options [pool: :media]
 
   @inline_content_types [
     "image/gif",
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ def call(_conn, _url, _opts \\ [])
 
   def call(conn = %{method: method}, url, opts) when method in @methods do
     hackney_opts =
-      @default_hackney_options
+      Pleroma.HTTP.Connection.hackney_options([])
+      |> Keyword.merge(@default_hackney_options)
       |> Keyword.merge(Keyword.get(opts, :http, []))
       |> HTTP.process_request_options()