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If I start the client without being connected through the VPN, my IP does not show up. It is only when the VPN connection is disconnected and I transition from one network interface to another. This is also if I have the kill switch enabled, so I imagine that if the connection is lost, I am safe as all internet access would be blocked then. And that it is only if I manually disconnect myself that this happens.
Could this be a Proton VPN issue? I am pretty sure I checked this previously, and didn't see it before the recent Linux client GUI update, but I am not entirely sure.
I've noticed before that a manual disconnect from the VPN will automatically disconnect the kill switch but qbittorrent should still lose connection once its bound to the correct interface
Yeah, that is true - I didn't formulate that quite well. This also happens to me when the kill switch is enabled, as it is disabled when I disconnect. However, it would not disable itself if I simply lost connection, which is in the case where I most want the leak protection. In the other cases, I could make sure to always quit qBittorrent before disconnecting from the VPN. Not ideal, as it would be easy to make a mistake.