Did you ensure that the connection was set for "use only for resources on the connection"? (I believe this may be ipv4.never-default=yes setting in nmcli... and only bring it up because you do not mention it.)
I also think the negative DNS priority might be historical, no longer needed. (I just noticed mine was set to 50, which I believe is default for VPN connections now) I should also note that if the never-default is set to "no"... I *will* see the DNS server, however the routing is then incorrect as the VPN concerned doesn't provide public routes. So to be clear... never-default needs to be set to yes... DNS we expect is from DHCP options sent from the VPN server, and the problem is that you will see NO DNS servers for tun0 when you run the 'systemd-resolve --status' command -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851407 Title: NetworkManager 1.10.6-2ubuntu1.2 breaks VPN DNS Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: NetworkManager as of 1.10.6-2ubuntu1.2 has cause a regression whereby a VPN connection which sets it's dns-priority to a negative value, which should cause the DNS server supplied by the DNS connection to be placed first, instead now refuses to place the DNS server into the resolver under any circumstance. Pinning the 1.10.6-2ubuntu1.1 works around the issue. I suspect the fix-dns-leak-lp1754671.patch has caused this regression. This patch should be reverted as soon as possible to restore proper functionality of network manager with respect to VPN servers with DNS resolvers. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1851407/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp