Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

V2Ray Usage

How to upgrade V2Ray

Download latest package, or
Re-run installation script (Linux only)

V2Ray Crashes

If you are using Linux with systemd, you can see panic log using command journalctl -u v2ray.
In general you can run command v2ray -config=<config-file> -test to see error information.

Backward Compatibility

For configuration file (e.g., JSON), backward compatibility applies to at least one major releases. For example, V2Ray 4.x supports config files from V2Ray 3.x.
For Protobuf based communication protocols, such as Api, backward compatibility applies to at least one major releases.
For binary based commnunication protocols, such as Shadowsocks and VMess, it is always backward compatible when server version is not older than clients. When client version is newer, backward compatibility applies to at least 12 minor releases.

V2Ray Errors

Socks: Unknown Socks version: 67

Possible causes

You are using socks inbound in V2Ray, but your browser is configured to use HTTP proxy.

Solution

Add a HTTP inbound in V2Ray, and then update your browser proxy settings to use this proxy.

License of this project

Project V uses the following license.

V2Ray

Source code and official releases are licensed under MIT license, including the source code and releases in the following repository.

V2Ray.Com

Official website, v2ray.com, is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Including all visible text and pictures on the website.
Including Project V logo.
Including all source code that is used for generating the website, i.e., v2ray/manual.

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Including all logs generated by Project V during runtime.

Other content

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