WARP+ not work

[ViRb3]

23/08/2025:

There's a bug on Cloudflare's side that prevents existing accounts from getting Warp+ even after you bind a correct license key. If you have ever connected to Warp VPN, then your account is affected. Essentially, you need a new account that has never connected to Warp VPN for "warp=plus" to show. Otherwise, you'll be stuck with "warp=on". Whether that is just cosmetic or really the case, nobody knows.

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15/04/2021:

According to @galpt in #84 and this Reddit discussion, some people are having problems with WARP+ after changing their key. If you are one of these people, please post here so I can track the significance of this issue. I will try to investigate in the next few days, but until then, @galpt has posted a workaround:

How to fix the WARP+ issue

Based on this post, some people are unable to get the warp=plus working and only get the warp=on even after they've changed the license key. However, you can solve this issue with some simple steps:

⚠️ Please save the WARP+ key on your phone before doing any of these steps.

1. After generating the wgcf-account.toml, use the license_key from the file on your phone
2. Open the 1.1.1.1 app
3. Click on the hamburger menu button on the top-right corner
4. Navigate to Account > Manage devices and you'll see your wgcf device there
5. Now, copy your WARP+ key back to Account > Key and to the wgcf-account.toml
6. After that, run this command

wgcf update

1. After running the command, connect using WireGuard
2. While connected, run this command to see if it works as expected

wgcf trace

1. The result will show warp=plus instead of warp=on

[Note] If it doesn't work, you probably have to repeat step 1-5 since the fix is between these steps.

[galpt]

It seems that there's an unknown problem between the wgcf-account.toml and the account on the 1.1.1.1 app as they don't synchronize well — resulting the warp=on instead of warp=plus.
Somehow doing these steps can trigger something that will affect the wgcf-account.toml warp status to be updated.
It's quite easy to reproduce the issue but I'm not sure if these steps will work immediately for others since I've only tried it once and the problem's gone. But I would love to hear more from this issue as it progresses.

[Leozaki]

Former

TCP/IP Fingerprint

OS | Linux 2.2-3.0
Link | Ethernet
MTU | 1500
Distance | 5 Hops

Now
TCP/IP Fingerprint
OS Windows (NT kernel)
Link generic tunnel or VPN
MTU 1420
Distance 13 Hops

Warp+ never uses argo tunnel now.
so, now, Warp+ = Warp free .

[galpt]

@Leozaki While I'm not sure what're you comparing about, one thing that I'm sure of is that warp=plus ≠ warp=on and you can check it yourself by going through here.
Please note that warp=plus uses Argo Smart Routing and not Argo Tunnel (they're 2 different things), and while you're using warp=plus, your ISP may route you to a faraway Cloudflare POPs instead of the nearest one because perhaps your ISP did that on purpose to save cost — this is resulting in you're getting extra hops because you aren't connected to the nearest Cloudflare POP.

Also Argo Smart Routing doesn't really increase your browsing speed because it doesn't cache anything.
No caching means it won't get any snappier than today's warp=plus.

[WinkelCode]

Not sure if "after changing their key" refers to someone with a new license/subscription (I have had mine for a while now) but I have been using WGCF since the python version and set it up just recently on a new PC and everything (Warp+ included) works fine, didn't have to do anything special, just worked by following the normal instructions.

I remember when I first set it up using the python version, I did have issues where it would show up as Warp free but it just fixed itself after a bit.

Edit: I regularly check the trace website whenever I use WARP+ so it's not intermittent, it works consistently showing up as "warp=plus".

[galpt]

@martinsstuff Based on this Reddit post, it seems the warp=on problem can be reproduced by creating a new wgcf profile. So, if we're using the old generated wgcf profile with warp=plus, there shouldn't be any problem. But if we're generating a new wgcf profile and then using a warp+ unlimited key from the 1.1.1.1 app, the wgcf doesn't seem to switch to warp=plus.

[WinkelCode]

@galpt When I set it up on the new PC (a couple days ago) I ran these commands:

.\wgcf_2.2.3_windows_amd64.exe register

(then I inserted the license key into the profile)

.\wgcf_2.2.3_windows_amd64.exe update

.\wgcf_2.2.3_windows_amd64.exe generate

I then loaded the generated profile into the WireGuard client and it immediately worked with Warp+ (warp=plus).

[Leozaki]

but i don't think Argo Smart Routing may work in my account any more(my accound have unlimited WARP+ subscribe). by connect to my VPS.. it is slower than before(limited WARP+ subscribe)... Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 在 2021年4月25日星期日凌晨12点41分，galpt ***@***.***> 寫道：

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***@***.***(https://github.com/Leozaki) While I'm not sure what're you comparing about, one thing that I'm sure of is that warp=plus ≠ warp=on and you can check it yourself by going through [here](https://1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace). Please note that warp=plus uses Argo Smart Routing and not Argo Tunnel (they're 2 different things), and while you're using warp=plus, your ISP may route you to a faraway Cloudflare POPs instead of the nearest one because perhaps your ISP did that on purpose to save cost — this is resulting in you're getting extra hops because you aren't connected to the nearest Cloudflare POP. Also Argo Smart Routing doesn't really increase your browsing speed because it doesn't cache anything. No caching means it won't get any snappier than today's warp=plus. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#85 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AIEVTL4PO4A6KVKVZBTAQFDTKLYEJANCNFSM427YIXTQ).

[adldeez]

Same problem.
It seems the private key and the deviceID won't change after my first connection to the warp, then all connection is warp rather than warp+.

I tried delete the old wgcf-account.toml and register a new account without generate or connection and then change the licence key to warp+ and It works well with warp+.

[ZayRTun]

I had the same issue but now I got it to work, thanks to adldeez.

step 1.
Delete the wgcf-account.toml and also the generated profile
step 2.
Register new account with wgch register
step 3.
Add the license key to your generated wgcf-account.toml file using vim then wgcf update
step 4.
Generate the profile with wgcf generate, this should create the wgcf-profile.conf
step 5.
Now connect using the generated wgcf-profile.conf

I hope that works for you, it worked for me.

[anees264]

I'm having the same issue, with free account it works!, but when i update the config with warp+ license key it doesn't even connect to internet.

[Woundmanlol]

I had the same issue but now I got it to work, thanks to adldeez.

step 1.
Delete the wgcf-account.toml and also the generated profile
step 2.
Register new account with wgch register
step 3.
Add the license key to your generated wgcf-account.toml file using vim then wgcf update
step 4.
Generate the profile with wgcf generate, this should create the wgcf-profile.conf
step 5.
Now connect using the generated wgcf-profile.conf

I hope that works for you, it worked for me.

These exact steps worked for me. Thank you.

[anees264]

I'm having the same issue, with free account it works!, but when i update the config with warp+ license key it doesn't even connect to internet.

Update: It worked!, in my case the issue was with the generated wireguard profile. I changed the Interface address to DHCP IP Address.

[Leozaki]

i think it may the issue of CloudFlare....
tls=TLSv1.3
sni=off
warp=plus
gateway=off
but dont have argo smart route to any servers.

[phlinhng]

@ZayRTun your steps work for me too. Greatly appreciated.