Android Always-On-VPN turns off after a Restart (tailscale changes from Active to Stopped)

[tom-hampton]

What is the issue?

this is not a duplicate of #2481. That issue noted that tailscale was stopped before reboot. This issue specifically notes that tailscale was active prior to the reboot.

1. Tailscale is set as always on VPN in settings
2. Tailscale is active and connected
3. Restart android
4. Tailscale is stopped after reboot.

I get an error in notifications pull down from the VPN system stating "tailscale is setup to stay connected all the time, but it can't connect right now. Your phone will use the public internet until tailscale can connect."

From that dialog I can "change VPN settings" or open the app. If I open the app I can the set tailstale from stopped to active, and everything works fine, until I reboot again....which repeats the experience.

Steps to reproduce

1. Tailscale is set as always on VPN in settings
2. Tailscale is active and connected
3. Restart android
4. Tailscale is stopped after reboot.

Are there any recent changes that introduced the issue?

No. I only recently noticed that it wasn't working anymore. It was working back in January when I first enabled always-on VPN.

OS

Android

OS version

Samsung Android 12 (S21 Ultra)

Tailscale version

1.48.2

Other software

No response

Bug report

BUG-674e2f81e675fd5c8ce3d95ccfbb6a003a068c68404263d937d5e0c4f62b5a8b-20230916215324Z-7b370335137689fa

[Craeckie]

I have the same problem on Lineage OS 20 (Android 13).
It occurres since the update 1.44.1 -> 1.48.0.

Additionally, the exit node is disabled every time, so I need to open the menu -> Use Exit Node and select one.

It also happens on my second tailscale in a work profile, where I have to re-enable it and the exit node every time I activate the work profile.

[senses3]

Same issue as previous posts. Tailscale is connected -> reboot phone -> tailscale is NOT connected -> enter tailscale app -> existing login is not listed, I have to click on 'choose server' and then click 'login' (i'm connecting to my own headscale server) and it will reconnect, but it forgets the previous exit node configuration.

I'm on tailscale 1.48.2 on grapheneOS (Android 13)

[Quintasan]

I just ran into the same issue on Pixel 6 Pro with the latest Android

BUG-e3182861ba51ed076d489d8d04caf74323d6ced0fcbab0fc49053575986a361c-20230925161828Z-33594889d94f5949

[SamLMB]

Exact same issues on Android 11, phone and tablet. Same steps to reproduce and same tailscale verison 1.48.2.

Bug report on phone while android reports issue with always-on VPN and tailscale is STOPPED: BUG-f2a24b72b6378f254a1bc182407d9af6fab16fc29e169330bf19008afd6145d2-20230921150018Z-ceeeeb5cda22e51d

Bug report on phone when tailscale is subsequently set to active: BUG-f2a24b72b6378f254a1bc182407d9af6fab16fc29e169330bf19008afd6145d2-20230921150030Z-089dd2e08459622b

[andrius]

Same with Samsung Note20

[mtabin89]

Same with Samsung galaxy s10e (android 12) and Motorola moto g31w (android 11), both with tailscale 1.54.0

[r01k]

Same here.

[Johnny-Larue]

Happening on all Android phones, independent of manufacturer OS and Android version. Version 1.44.0 seems to have been the first version with the bug, as 1.42.0 is the last version that did not exhibit this behaviour.

[catzkorn]

Hi,

We recently begun work on Android again, we will update related issues when we have further information.