On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 12:30:55 -0600 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 7 March 2023 18:11:01 GMT Dale wrote: > >> Michael wrote: > >>> On Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:41:10 GMT Dale wrote: > >>>> Howdy,
<snip> > This is from the messages file. I don't see it logged anywhere else. > > It starts at about 13:54. It seems to try to reconnect but can't. I got this > by using tail -n and then grep openvpn on the end. > > > Mar 1 13:53:32 fireball openvpn[27908]: > [us-hou-v029.prod.surfshark.com] Inactivity timeout (--ping-restart), > restarting > Mar 1 13:53:32 fireball openvpn[27908]: /etc/openvpn/down.sh tun0 1500 > 1584 10.8.8.9 255.255.255.0 restart > Mar 1 13:53:32 fireball openvpn[27908]: SIGUSR1[soft,ping-restart] > received, process restarting > Mar 1 13:53:32 fireball openvpn[27908]: Restart pause, 5 second(s) > Mar 1 13:53:37 fireball openvpn[27908]: NOTE: the current <anip> > > The weird thing, I can stop openvpn, then start it again just seconds later > and it works fine for a good long while. > <snip> > I have seen OpenVPN get stuck and not process a SIGUSR1 properly. Maybe try setting remap-usr1 to SIGHUP in the configuration to reset the state of openvpn or run external kicker script.