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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/changelog.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/vpn/index.rst | 19 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/bitmask-root | 1 |
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diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst index aa7ac132..975cc9a1 100644 --- a/docs/changelog.rst +++ b/docs/changelog.rst @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Features - `#8217 <https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-dev/issues/8217>`_: renew OpenPGP keys before they expire. - `#9074 <https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-dev/issues/9074>`_: pin provider ca certs. - `#6914 <https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-dev/issues/6914>`_: expose an API to retrive message status. +- `#9188 <https://0xacab.org/leap/bitmask-dev/issues/9188>`_: try other gateways if the main one fails. - Set a windows title, so that Bitmask windows can be programmatically manipulated. Bugfixes diff --git a/docs/vpn/index.rst b/docs/vpn/index.rst index e5549895..95eb08c2 100644 --- a/docs/vpn/index.rst +++ b/docs/vpn/index.rst @@ -38,6 +38,25 @@ You can list all the configured locations using the CLI:: This manual override functionality will be exposed through the UI and the CLI in release ``0.11``. +Gateway failures +----------------------------------- + +If Bitmask VPN fails to connect to one gateway it will try with the next +following gateway selection order. + +In case of connection loss Bitmask will keep trying to connect to each of the +gateways again and again until the connection comes back. When the connection +is back Bitmask will connect to the gateway that was trying at the moment. +In practice after a reconnection the gateway that Bitmask gets connected is +practically random. + +Turning the VPN down and up again after a reconnection ensures that Bitmask +will try again the first gateway. + +In the future Bitmask should become more in control of the reconnect process, +that currently is handled by openvpn, and detect reconnections to select the +gateways better. + Autostart --------- Autostart is not implemented yet in the 0.10 versions of Bitmask, but you can probably use diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/bitmask-root b/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/bitmask-root index 5310fbf2..9be9a61a 100755 --- a/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/bitmask-root +++ b/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/linux/bitmask-root @@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ FIXED_FLAGS = [ "--user", "nobody", "--persist-key", "--persist-local-ip", - "--persist-remote-ip", ] if OPENVPN_GROUP is not None: |