Bluetit stuck on "Waiting for network gateway"

[ThirdGazometric 0]

Hi,
I'm using Bluetit to connect to AirVPN, but sometimes it doesn't work. This is the Output for journalctl -u bluetit.service:

Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus systemd[1]: Starting AirVPN Bluetit Daemon...
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1290]: Starting Bluetit - AirVPN WireGuard/OpenVPN3 Service 2.0.0 - 22 July 2025
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1290]: OpenVPN core 3.12 AirVPN (20250606) linux x86_64 64-bit
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1290]: Copyright (C) 2012- OpenVPN Inc. All rights reserved.
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1290]: SSL Library: OpenSSL 3.6.4 25 Aug 2026
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1290]: AirVPN WireGuard Client 2.0.0 Linux x86_64 64-bit
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Bluetit daemon started with PID 1292
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Reading run control directives from file /etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus systemd[1]: Started AirVPN Bluetit Daemon.
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Network check mode is gateway
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Creating AirVPN Boot server list
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Added server http://63.33.78.166
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Added server http://54.93.175.114
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Added server http://82.196.3.205
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Added server http://63.33.116.50
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Added server http://[2a03:b0c0:0:1010::9b:c001]
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Added server http://bootme.org
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Boot server http://bootme.org cannot be resolved
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: AirVPN Boot server list successfully created. Added 6 servers.
Okt 01 13:21:30 colossus bluetit[1292]: Waiting for network gateway to be available
Okt 01 13:22:28 colossus bluetit[1292]: Waiting for network gateway to be available
Okt 01 13:23:28 colossus bluetit[1292]: Waiting for network gateway to be available
Okt 01 13:24:28 colossus bluetit[1292]: Waiting for network gateway to be available
Okt 01 13:25:28 colossus bluetit[1292]: Waiting for network gateway to be available

The only non-default options in my bluetit.rc file are airconnectatboot=quick and networklockpersist=on.
I still have internet access when this happens, but not through the vpn.
 

[Staff 10652]

@ThirdGazometric
Hello!

Your log shows that you are running Bluetit 2.0.0. Please upgrade to AirVPN Suite 2.1.0: the Bluetit version included in this release substantially improves network availability detection, which is directly relevant to the startup behavior you describe. Downloads and installation instructions:
https://airvpn.org/suite/ 

Also, if the options in your post are written exactly as they appear in /etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc, please correct their syntax. Do not use an equals sign between a directive and its argument. Use one or more spaces, or a tab, instead:

 airconnectatboot quick
 networklockpersist on

After upgrading and correcting the configuration, reboot and check whether Bluetit establishes the VPN connection automatically. Verify that the new startup log reports version 2.1.0. Since you report that Internet access remains available outside the VPN, please do not assume Network Lock is protecting your traffic while Bluetit is stuck in this state. Avoid sensitive traffic until the VPN connection and Network Lock are confirmed active. If the problem persists, please tell us your Linux distribution and version and post the complete Bluetit log from the affected boot:

 sudo journalctl | grep bluetit

Kind regards