id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 1010 p2p, tls-client/tls-server, connect-retry not playing nicely Gert Döring Gert Döring "we've sabotaged p2p with tls-client/tls-server in interesting ways in 2.4 {{{--connect-retry}}} has an exponentially growing delay nowadys, leading to up-to-300s ""dead time"" on the tls-server(!) side -- so when the network gets disrupted for a longer time, and ping-restart is in use, it can happen that the tls-server is just ""not listening"" to incoming client packets when the client tries, and when the server is ready to listen, the client is in connect-retry sleep... workaround: {{{--connect-retry 1 1}}} on the {{{--tls-server}}} side Better fix: default to ""no increase in delay"" (as a default) on {{{--tls-server}}}" Bug / Defect closed minor release 2.5.3 Generic / unclassified OpenVPN 2.4.4 (Community Ed) Not set (select this one, unless your'e a OpenVPN developer) fixed Selva Nair tct