VPN user name and password dialog not displayed

asked 2019-08-07 18:26:48 +0200

Direc
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Hi,

I was trying to set up OpenVPN-based connection to a site, and there seems to be a bug in the VPN system. I'm running Sony Xperia XA2 with Sailfish OS 3.1.0.11 and this is how it went:

• Download .ovpn file from the firewall/VPN device
• Go to Settings, VPN, OpenVPN and import the profile file
• Make sure that credentials are asked when needed
• Accept the connection, the VPN entry gets created
• Tap the connection to establish VPN

What is supposed to happen:

• VPN credential dialog is shown
• Enter credentials
• VPN tunnel is established and the shield icon is shown in the status bar

What happens instead:

• The indicator keeps pulsing as the connection is being opened, but doesn't establish nor disconnect within a minute or so
• Tapping three times the connection state resets and the same happens again if tried
• The same happens again, and again
• Reboot the phone just to try it...
• After reboot open Settings, VPN and tap the connection again to open it
• VPN credential dialog is shown
• Enter credentials
• VPN tunnel is established and the shield icon is shown in the status bar

So it seems that the credentials dialog isn't shown until after reboot. I kept trying many times and spent a lot of time trying to figure out if the profile was imported wrong or something, but reboot helped. I never left the Settings > VPN page, so just navigating back to Settings main page might have solved this, but the bug still remains the same - the credentials dialog box isn't shown in the screen, so I can't enter the dialog, so the VPN connection gets stuck.

This was found using OpenVPN type connection, I don't know if this applies to other types as well. I am able to test CVPN at some point if needed.

Thanks!