If android intent is triggered more than once, a connecting loop is triggered and you can't disconnect

[brettjenkins]

What is the issue?

As mentioned on tailscale/tailscale-android#87

If a connect intent is triggered more than once, or while the VPN is already connected, on disconnect the VPN will reconnect.

Steps to reproduce

No response

Are there any recent changes that introduced the issue?

tailscale/tailscale-android#87

OS

Android

OS version

No response

Tailscale version

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Other software

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Bug report

No response

[brettjenkins]

Can't assign myself, but I'm fixing this bug that I introduced

[plia7]

@DentonGentry Hello, when could we expect the fix that @brettjenkins committed/checked in 3 weeks ago to be part of the build/new version? I'm using Android 11 Tailscale app version 1.42.0 and I'm having this issue still when trying to use the disconnect intent, it disconnects and then it reconnects unexpectedly.

Thank you.

UPDATE: I got it working without the fix, all you need to do is to send the disconnect intent twice, just give like a 5 seconds wait after each send intent... works like a charm.

[rsm86]

@DentonGentry Hello, when could we expect the fix that @brettjenkins committed/checked in 3 weeks ago to be part of the build/new version? I'm using Android 11 Tailscale app version 1.42.0 and I'm having this issue still when trying to use the disconnect intent, it disconnects and then it reconnects unexpectedly.

Thank you.

UPDATE: I got it working without the fix, all you need to do is to send the disconnect intent twice, just give like a 5 seconds wait after each send intent... works like a charm.

Just tried this out, can confirm that it worked for me! Thanks!

Edit: might have spoken too soon. It's not working anymore for me. Even going into the main app and trying to deactivate the VPN on the main window is not working. It just reactivates itself immediately...

[mlschoeneman]

@plia7 @rsm86 I have tried the workaround, disconnect intent twice with a 5 second wait, but am still getting the same bug of the reconnecting loop. Could you provide a screenshot of your task?

[shlomki]

@plia7 @rsm86 I have tried the workaround, disconnect intent twice with a 5 second wait, but am still getting the same bug of the reconnecting loop. Could you provide a screenshot of your task?

Try 500ms.
5 seconds was too long for me too, I changed it to 500ms and it worked 👍

[mlschoeneman]

@plia7 @rsm86 I have tried the workaround, disconnect intent twice with a 5 second wait, but am still getting the same bug of the reconnecting loop. Could you provide a screenshot of your task?

Try 500ms. 5 seconds was too long for me too, I changed it to 500ms and it worked 👍

This didn't work either.

[plia7]

@plia7 @rsm86 I have tried the workaround, disconnect intent twice with a 5 second wait, but am still getting the same bug of the reconnecting loop. Could you provide a screenshot of your task?

Try 500ms. 5 seconds was too long for me too, I changed it to 500ms and it worked 👍

This didn't work either.

What tailscale app version are you using?
What's your phone/android version?
What tool do you use for the task?

[mlschoeneman]

@plia7 @rsm86 I have tried the workaround, disconnect intent twice with a 5 second wait, but am still getting the same bug of the reconnecting loop. Could you provide a screenshot of your task?

Try 500ms. 5 seconds was too long for me too, I changed it to 500ms and it worked 👍

This didn't work either.

What tailscale app version are you using? What's your phone/android version? What tool do you use for the task?

Tailscale App Version: 1.44.1
Phone: Google Pixel 6A
Android Version: 13 July 2023 Security & June 2023 Google Play
Use Tasker for task

[cy1der]

@plia7 @rsm86 I have tried the workaround, disconnect intent twice with a 5 second wait, but am still getting the same bug of the reconnecting loop. Could you provide a screenshot of your task?

Try 500ms. 5 seconds was too long for me too, I changed it to 500ms and it worked 👍

This didn't work either.

What tailscale app version are you using?
What's your phone/android version?
What tool do you use for the task?

I'm also experiencing the same thing, none of the aforementioned workarounds work for me.

Tailscale Version: 1.44.1-ta377e1363-g584245cc823
Phone: Google Pixel 6 Pro
Android Version: GrapheneOS Android 13 (TQ3A.230705.001)
Tool: Tasker

[plia7]

@plia7 @rsm86 I have tried the workaround, disconnect intent twice with a 5 second wait, but am still getting the same bug of the reconnecting loop. Could you provide a screenshot of your task?

Try 500ms. 5 seconds was too long for me too, I changed it to 500ms and it worked 👍

This didn't work either.

What tailscale app version are you using?
What's your phone/android version?
What tool do you use for the task?

I'm also experiencing the same thing, none of the aforementioned workarounds work for me.

Tailscale Version: 1.44.1-ta377e1363-g584245cc823
Phone: Google Pixel 6 Pro
Android Version: GrapheneOS Android 13 (TQ3A.230705.001)
Tool: Tasker

Well I have a different phone/os and I'm using Macrodroid. Maybe try Macrodroid too.