VPN stops working on launch torrent application

Bug #1436369 reported by localhost
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openvpn (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When I have an active OpenVPN connection, created via network-manager-vpn or commandline opnvpn and start a torrent application (tested with transmission-gtk and deluge), my connection stops working.

As long as I keep the torrent app closed, I can browse/mail/chat/ssh/ping all I want as expected. But on opening the app, all network traffic seems te bo blocked. Don't know how to further test this, but do suggest commands I should try.

I've got no clue what's causing this. Only thing I know is this stopped working sometime after upgrading to the current 15.04 alpha. This happens on two different OpenVPN providers.

I first thought it was a bug in transmission-gtk, so I initially opened https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/1436055

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: openvpn 2.3.2-9ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-10.10-generic 3.19.2
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Mar 25 15:30:30 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-07 (260 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: openvpn
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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localhost (localhost-gmail) wrote :
description: updated
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Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer) wrote :

Hi,
I was experimenting with openvpn this morning and couldn't get it to drop a connection with multiple torrents consuming almost all my connection provides.

I'd ask you to test with 16.04 if possible if you can recreate it there.
In that case please share a bit more how much torrent BW you consume between which peers the VPN is and what bandwidth those have and so on.

Changed in openvpn (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for openvpn (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in openvpn (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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