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When you forward the traffic, it cannot reach HAproxy anymore, no matter if it is installed and running or not.
Port forwarding happens at the first level on the incoming packets.
So HAproxy or even its settings might not be responsible for your issue at all.
If you're in doubt, you can sniff the traffic on the inside interface.
So there will be another reason for that. Best to investigate with packet capture to see, what's going on.