Disconnect doesn't really disconnect

[dfgcfghcfghvhgxcfh 1]

I'm using windows client and when I click disconnect, it seems like I disconnected and I can choose a different server and try to connect again, but when I go to client area here it also shows that I am still connected to the old server. This sometimes messes up my 3 connections limit, because I use exactly 3 devices, and when I want to change servers this sometimes causes one of my devices to be locked out of vpn access. Then I have to manually disconnect by logging in here. It's really annoying, why doesn't windows client immediately send disconnect request by itself?

[zhang888 1067]

This is how UDP works. The VPN server has no reliable way of knowing that the session has ended, so it might take

a minute or so after your actual disconnect and the session timeout in the client area.

If you want to have almost no delays, you can switch to TCP protocol.

[Tech Jedi Alex 1581]

Some logs would be helpful here. Use spoiler tags for them (How-To in my signature).

 

The VPN server has no reliable way of knowing that the session has ended

 

What about explicit-exit-notify?

[zhang888 1067]

This directive is not always reliable, I have been experiencing same issues sometimes.

https://forums.openvpn.net/topic13408.html