diff --git a/bridge/mitmproxy/capture.py b/bridge/mitmproxy/capture.py
index 00487d68b..5104130ab 100644
--- a/bridge/mitmproxy/capture.py
+++ b/bridge/mitmproxy/capture.py
@@ -42,31 +42,54 @@ class BoundedReader:
 
 
 SPECIAL_SCHEMES = {"ftp", "file", "http", "https", "ws", "wss"}
+SCHEME_PREFIX = r"^[\x00-\x20]*([a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*):"
 URL_PREFIX = r"^([\x00-\x20]*(?:([a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*):)?//)"
 
 
+def authority_start(text):
+    """Return where an authority begins and whether it is special, or None.
+
+    Follows WHATWG URL parsing as src/domain/recordedTransportUrl.ts does:
+    special schemes (and scheme-relative references) skip every leading "/"
+    or "\\" before the authority, so `https://\\user:pass@host` still has
+    userinfo. File URLs carry no userinfo and keep their "//" boundary.
+    """
+    scheme = re.match(SCHEME_PREFIX, text, flags=re.I)
+    name = scheme.group(1).lower() if scheme is not None else None
+    if name is not None and name in SPECIAL_SCHEMES and name != "file":
+        start = scheme.end()
+    else:
+        prefix = re.match(URL_PREFIX, text, flags=re.I)
+        if prefix is None:
+            return None
+        if prefix.group(2) is not None:
+            return prefix.end(), prefix.group(2).lower() in SPECIAL_SCHEMES
+        start = prefix.end()
+    while start < len(text) and text[start] in "/\\":
+        start += 1
+    return start, True
+
+
 def without_userinfo(value):
     """Remove an authority's userinfo using the WHATWG authority boundary.
 
-    Special schemes (and scheme-relative references) also end the authority
-    at a backslash, so later path text containing "@" is not userinfo. This
-    matches src/domain/recordedTransportUrl.ts.
+    Special schemes and scheme-relative references also end the authority
+    at a backslash, so later path text containing "@" is not userinfo.
     """
     binary = isinstance(value, bytes)
     text = value.decode("latin-1") if binary else value
-    prefix = re.match(URL_PREFIX, text, flags=re.I)
-    if prefix is None:
+    located = authority_start(text)
+    if located is None:
         return value
-    scheme = prefix.group(2)
-    special = scheme is None or scheme.lower() in SPECIAL_SCHEMES
+    start, special = located
     terminators = "/?#\\" if special else "/?#"
-    end = prefix.end()
+    end = start
     while end < len(text) and text[end] not in terminators:
         end += 1
-    at = text.rfind("@", prefix.end(), end)
+    at = text.rfind("@", start, end)
     if at < 0:
         return value
-    safe = text[: prefix.end()] + text[at + 1 :]
+    safe = text[:start] + text[at + 1 :]
     return safe.encode("latin-1") if binary else safe
 
 
diff --git a/bridge/mitmproxy/test_capture.py b/bridge/mitmproxy/test_capture.py
index fe9f4f7af..8b1217e59 100644
--- a/bridge/mitmproxy/test_capture.py
+++ b/bridge/mitmproxy/test_capture.py
@@ -5,20 +5,31 @@ import os
 import sys
 import types
 import unittest
+from unittest import mock
 
 
-fake_mitmproxy = sys.modules.setdefault("mitmproxy", types.ModuleType("mitmproxy"))
-fake_mitmproxy.ctx = types.SimpleNamespace()
-fake_mitmproxy.version = types.SimpleNamespace(VERSION="12.2.3")
-fake_io = sys.modules.setdefault("mitmproxy.io", types.ModuleType("mitmproxy.io"))
-fake_io.tnetstring = sys.modules.setdefault(
-    "mitmproxy.io.tnetstring", types.ModuleType("mitmproxy.io.tnetstring")
-)
-spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
-    "rea_mitmproxy_capture", os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "capture.py")
-)
-capture = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-spec.loader.exec_module(capture)
+def load_capture():
+    """Load the adapter with fresh mitmproxy stand-ins scoped to its import."""
+    fake_mitmproxy = types.ModuleType("mitmproxy")
+    fake_mitmproxy.ctx = types.SimpleNamespace()
+    fake_mitmproxy.version = types.SimpleNamespace(VERSION="12.2.3")
+    fake_io = types.ModuleType("mitmproxy.io")
+    fake_io.tnetstring = types.ModuleType("mitmproxy.io.tnetstring")
+    stand_ins = {
+        "mitmproxy": fake_mitmproxy,
+        "mitmproxy.io": fake_io,
+        "mitmproxy.io.tnetstring": fake_io.tnetstring,
+    }
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+        "rea_mitmproxy_capture", os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "capture.py")
+    )
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    with mock.patch.dict(sys.modules, stand_ins):
+        spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+capture = load_capture()
 
 
 def location(value):
@@ -50,6 +61,23 @@ class TransportUserinfoTests(unittest.TestCase):
         text, _sidecar, _redactions = location(b"https://user:pw@example.test/a@b")
         self.assertEqual(text, "https://example.test/a@b")
 
+    def test_special_schemes_skip_leading_slashes_before_userinfo(self):
+        for value, expected in [
+            (b"https://\\user:pass@host/path", b"https://\\host/path"),
+            (b"https:\\\\user:pass@host/path", b"https:\\\\host/path"),
+            (b"https:user:pass@host", b"https:host"),
+            (b"//\\user:pass@host", b"//\\host"),
+        ]:
+            with self.subTest(value=value):
+                self.assertEqual(capture.without_userinfo(value), expected)
+        text, sidecar, redactions = location(b"https://\\user:pass@host/path")
+        self.assertEqual(text, "https://\\host/path")
+        self.assertEqual(sidecar["state"], "redacted")
+        self.assertEqual(len(redactions), 1)
+
+    def test_file_urls_keep_path_text(self):
+        self.assertEqual(capture.without_userinfo("file:///a@b"), "file:///a@b")
+
     def test_non_special_schemes_keep_backslashes_in_the_authority(self):
         self.assertEqual(capture.without_userinfo("foo://a\\b@host/x"), "foo://host/x")
         self.assertEqual(capture.without_userinfo(b"//a\\b@host"), b"//a\\b@host")