Anyone else's gluetunvpn widget stop working?

[huntrm]

Description

This was working fine for me with the recent gluetunvpn 3.40.1 release where I set docker variable, auth=none, and then in homepage, I set version=2 in the widget. It was working fine after this change, but it's no longer working with gluetunvpn 3.40.2. I followed this revised setup: https://gethomepage.dev/widgets/services/gluetun/

Widget error: API Error: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data
Logs error: 2026-02-21T21:19:01.442Z] error: HTTP Error 401 calling http://IPADDRESS:8000/v1/publicip/ip

Is this working for anyone?

homepage version

1.10.1

Installation method

Docker

Configuration

GluetunVPN on Unraid:

docker run
  -d
  --name='GluetunVPN'
  --net='bridge'
  --pids-limit 2048
  -e TZ="America/New_York"
  -e HOST_OS="Unraid"
  -e HOST_HOSTNAME="Unraid"
  -e HOST_CONTAINERNAME="GluetunVPN"
  -e 'TZ'='America/New_York'
  -e 'VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER'='HIDDEN'
  -e 'VPN_TYPE'='openvpn'
  -e 'VPN_INTERFACE'='tun0'
  -e 'VPN_ENDPOINT_PORT'=''
  -e 'VPN_ENDPOINT_IP'=''
  -e 'OPENVPN_PROTOCOL'='udp'
  -e 'OPENVPN_USER'='HIDDEN'
  -e 'OPENVPN_PASSWORD'='HIDDEN'
  -e 'OPENVPN_VERSION'='2.6'
  -e 'OPENVPN_VERBOSITY'='1'
  -e 'OPENVPN_FLAGS'='--pull-filter ignore block-outside-dns'
  -e 'OPENVPN_CIPHERS'=''
  -e 'OPENVPN_AUTH'=''
  -e 'OPENVPN_PROCESS_USER'='no'
  -e 'OPENVPN_IPV6'='off'
  -e 'OPENVPN_CUSTOM_CONFIG'=''
  -e 'WIREGUARD_IMPLEMENTATION'='auto'
  -e 'WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY'=''
  -e 'WIREGUARD_PRESHARED_KEY'=''
  -e 'WIREGUARD_PUBLIC_KEY'=''
  -e 'WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES'=''
  -e 'SERVER_REGIONS'='Europe'
  -e 'SERVER_COUNTRIES'='Netherlands'
  -e 'SERVER_CITIES'=''
  -e 'SERVER_NAMES'=''
  -e 'SERVER_HOSTNAMES'=''
  -e 'FIREWALL'='on'
  -e 'FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS'=''
  -e 'FIREWALL_INPUT_PORTS'=''
  -e 'FIREWALL_OUTBOUND_SUBNETS'=''
  -e 'FIREWALL_DEBUG'='off'
  -e 'LOG_LEVEL'='info'
  -e 'DOT'='on'
  -e 'DOT_PROVIDERS'='cloudflare'
  -e 'DOT_PRIVATE_ADDRESS'='127.0.0.1/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16,169.254.0.0/16,::1/128,fc00::/7,fe80::/10,::ffff:7f00:1/104,::ffff:a00:0/104,::ffff:a9fe:0/112,::ffff:ac10:0/108,::ffff:c0a8:0/112'
  -e 'DOT_CACHING'='on'
  -e 'DOT_IPV6'='off'
  -e 'BLOCK_MALICIOUS'='on'
  -e 'BLOCK_SURVEILLANCE'='off'
  -e 'BLOCK_ADS'='on'
  -e 'UNBLOCK'=''
  -e 'DNS_UPDATE_PERIOD'='24h'
  -e 'DNS_ADDRESS'=''
  -e 'DNS_KEEP_NAMESERVER'='off'
  -e 'HTTPPROXY'='off'
  -e 'HTTPPROXY_LOG'='off'
  -e 'HTTPPROXY_USER'=''
  -e 'HTTPPROXY_PASSWORD'=''
  -e 'HTTPPROXY_STEALTH'='off'
  -e 'SHADOWSOCKS'='off'
  -e 'SHADOWSOCKS_LOG'='off'
  -e ':8388'=':8388'
  -e 'SHADOWSOCKS_PASSWORD'=''
  -e 'SHADOWSOCKS_CIPHER'='chacha20-ietf-poly1305'
  -e 'auth'='none'
  -e 'HEALTH_SERVER_ADDRESS'='127.0.0.1:9999'
  -e 'HEALTH_TARGET_ADDRESS'='cloudflare.com:443'
  -e 'HEALTH_VPN_DURATION_INITIAL'='6s'
  -e 'HEALTH_VPN_DURATION_ADDITION'='5s'
  -e 'UPDATER_PERIOD'='0'
  -e 'PUBLICIP_FILE'='/gluetun/ip'
  -e 'PUBLICIP_PERIOD'='12h'
  -e 'VERSION_INFORMATION'='on'
  -e 'HTTP_CONTROL_SERVER_LOG'='on'
  -e 'PUID'='1000'
  -e 'PGID'='1000'
  -l net.unraid.docker.managed=dockerman
  -l net.unraid.docker.webui='http://[IP]:[PORT:8000]'
  -l net.unraid.docker.icon='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qdm12/gluetun/master/doc/logo_256.png'
  -p '8888:8888/tcp'
  -p '2000:3000/tcp'
  -p '2001:3001/tcp'
  -p '8112:8112/tcp'
  -p '58846:58846/tcp'
  -p '58946:58946/tcp'
  -p '58946:58946/udp'
  -p '8000:8000/tcp'
  -v '/mnt/user/appdata/gluetun':'/gluetun':'rw'
  --cap-add=NET_ADMIN
  --restart always 'qmcgaw/gluetun'

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Container Logs

[2026-02-21T21:35:56.971Z] error: HTTP Error 401 calling http://HIDDEN:8000/v1/publicip/ip

When I try the URL, I'm getting Unauthorized.

Browser Logs

API Error: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

Troubleshooting

https://gethomepage.dev/widgets/services/gluetun/

Used this instruction when V3.40.1 of GluetunVPN was released. Worked fine but broke recently.

[barukh27]

Similar issue here.

[barukh27]

I've managed to solve the problem.

1. Run the following: sudo docker run --rm qmcgaw/gluetun genkey to get the apikey.

2. Set the following parameters in config.toml

[[roles]]
name = "homepage"
# Define a list of routes with the syntax "Http-Method /path"
routes = ["GET /v1/publicip/ip"]
# Define an authentication method with its parameters
auth = "apikey"
apikey = "myapi"

3. Make sure that the docker compose points to the right path:

environment:
      - HTTP_CONTROL_SERVER_AUTH_CONFIG_FILEPATH=gluetun/config.toml
.....
volumes:
      - /yourlocalpath/gluetun:/gluetun

[huntrm]

Thanks. That fixed it.

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