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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 |