diff --git a/cmix/client.go b/cmix/client.go
index a06e21f4d3a1c94e492a81ddd7bed6679a1547f9..996cacdb46016a7675cde906cbcd9c66dc68c766 100644
--- a/cmix/client.go
+++ b/cmix/client.go
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ func (c *client) initialize(ndf *ndf.NetworkDefinition) error {
 	// Disable KeepAlive packets
 	poolParams.HostParams.KaClientOpts.Time = time.Duration(math.MaxInt64)
 
+	// Configure the proxy error exponential moving average tracker
+	poolParams.HostParams.ProxyErrorMetricParams.Cutoff = 0.30
+	poolParams.HostParams.ProxyErrorMetricParams.InitialAverage =
+		0.75 * poolParams.HostParams.ProxyErrorMetricParams.Cutoff
+
 	// Enable optimized HostPool initialization
 	poolParams.MaxPings = 50
 	poolParams.ForceConnection = true
diff --git a/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go b/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go
index 33bf7e9837fd51a9fa059cd3ddef7ae11158ced1..ca9e0c7b606cb50bd27e932f8da625fcc39aaae9 100644
--- a/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go
+++ b/cmix/gateway/hostPool.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ var errorsList = []string{
 	ndf.NO_NDF,
 	"Host is in cool down",
 	grpc.ErrClientConnClosing.Error(),
+	connect.TooManyProxyError,
 }
 
 // HostManager Interface allowing storage and retrieval of Host objects
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3e9394e23cb1ce9237a5562d3e59322c85d6c2e9..f1594495c9516fd0d6a4586c377e8810f976a8bb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220606201132-c370d5039cea
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.7
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220606195757-40f7a589347f
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220315161313-76acb14429ac
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220630163702-f3d372ef6acd
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20220606200528-3f886fe49e81
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220324193139-b292d1ae6e7e
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220630163313-7890038258c6
 	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220128200615-198e4374d7ed
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 88d420c80a70e484ea4ed24885df87c44823b307..8d1e3fc2d22efad52720f2a922b18426b5ced73f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -292,8 +292,9 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220323183834-b98f255361b8/go.mod h1:MtF
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220606195757-40f7a589347f h1:CTf2+ewHWYrzp5Ar3RwNvHePfTHyFniJTVjFW4zqoaE=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20220606195757-40f7a589347f/go.mod h1:9Bb2+u+CDSwsEU5Droo6saDAXuBDvLRjexpBhPAYxhA=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.0-20200805174823-841427dd5023/go.mod h1:owEcxTRl7gsoM8c3RQ5KAm5GstxrJp5tn+6JfQ4z5Hw=
-gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220315161313-76acb14429ac h1:+ykw0JqLH/qMprPEKazGHNH8gUoHGA78EIr4ienxnw4=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220315161313-76acb14429ac/go.mod h1:isHnwem0v4rTcwwHP455FhVlFyPcHkHiVz+N3s/uCSI=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220630163702-f3d372ef6acd h1:qYR2V/8KliGyJ2clWpVYhpgwpnfS1MXGpAbrFoOkSWk=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220630163702-f3d372ef6acd/go.mod h1:TraR4sW+YxK/2CV+IQUNaAV61+ElrBV0kXd5HLEjM7M=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:DF2HYvvCw9wkBybXcXAgQMzX+MiGbFPjwt3t17VRqRE=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.4/go.mod h1:+lcQEy+Th4eswFgQDwT0EXKp4AXrlubxalwQFH5O0Mk=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20220222212031-750f7e8a01f4/go.mod h1:6apvsoHCQJDjO0J4E3uhR3yO9tTz/Mq5be5rjB3tQPU=
@@ -305,8 +306,9 @@ gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.0-20200804183002-f99f7a7284da/go.mod h1:OK
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.2/go.mod h1:cs0QlFpdMDI6lAo61lDRH2JZz+3aVkHy+QogOB6F/qc=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220222211843-901fa4a2d72b/go.mod h1:9imZHvYwNFobxueSvVtHneZLk9wTK7HQTzxPm+zhFhE=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220317172007-4d2a53e6e669/go.mod h1:AXVVFt7dDAeIUpOGPiStCcUIKsBXLWbmV/BgZ4T+tOo=
-gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220324193139-b292d1ae6e7e h1:F651DdbU9n5qOLN8rdyAIluXWtm5Wl4jwH5D6ED3bSI=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220324193139-b292d1ae6e7e/go.mod h1:AXVVFt7dDAeIUpOGPiStCcUIKsBXLWbmV/BgZ4T+tOo=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220630163313-7890038258c6 h1:3It6ILDHn/9J/Oi7MfMjkidKPe7vbFCy5JQtXx8EfYM=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220630163313-7890038258c6/go.mod h1:AXVVFt7dDAeIUpOGPiStCcUIKsBXLWbmV/BgZ4T+tOo=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20220222211904-da613960ad93 h1:eJZrXqHsMmmejEPWw8gNAt0I8CGAMNO/7C339Zco3TM=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20220222211904-da613960ad93/go.mod h1:aLzpP2TiZTQut/PVHR40EJAomzugDdHXetbieRClXIM=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=