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Hello! Unable to resolve does not mean unable to send data, though. Also, if the apps can reach their intended destination(s) via IP address their traffic will flow. Even more importantly, those apps with internal DNS resolution (via DNS over HTTPS for example) will keep working fine. Yes, definitely. Kind regards

@Mikeyy Hello! Yes, and on any other Android TV 9 and higher version currently available. The previous limitations have been overcome with a few workarounds. All the other apps traffic and the system traffic go to the Internet via "regular" connection. Currently this is not possible with Eddie, we're sorry. You could consider some method based on built-in features, if the manufacturer did not remove them from your Android build. Please see here for details: https://www.airdroid.com/mdm/block-apps-from-internet (method 1). Kind regards

AirDash is a native iOS dashboard for AirVPN, built with SwiftUI and the iOS 26 Liquid Glass design. Free and open source software. MIT license. Disclaimer: this is an independent project with no affiliation to AirVPN development teams. It uses the public AirVPN API with your personal API key. Resources GitHub repository: https://github.com/zlimteck/AirDash License: https://github.com/zlimteck/AirDash?tab=MIT-1-ov-file Author: zlimteck https://github.com/zlimteck Landing page: https://airdash-landing-page.vercel.app/ AirVPN community forum: https://airvpn.org/forums/forum/48-airdash/ Privacy policy: https://github.com/zlimteck/AirDash/blob/main/PRIVACY.md User's manual or readme file: https://github.com/zlimteck/AirDash?tab=readme-ov-file Main features of the full version Network: full server list with load, users, health, ping latency, sort (load / name / ping), continent filter, search and favorites (scoped per account) Best Server: automatically picked from live ping and load, weighted so a congested server can't win purely on a low ping; instantly shows the previous session's result while the fresh ping sweep is running Server history & trends (opt-in, off by default): load and connected-users charts per server over 1h/24h/7d/30d, a reliability breakdown (healthy vs warning/error) also surfaced as a badge on favorite servers and in Trends, a peak-hours chart highlighting the quietest 3-hour window from 7 days of history, and a Trends screen ranking servers by average load over a rolling window; all powered by a companion history service, not the official AirVPN API. See the Privacy Policy for exactly what that service sees. Server comparison: long-press any server to add it to a comparison (up to 3); tap the toolbar button to view them side by side, including bandwidth and (if the history feature above is enabled) an overlaid load-history chart across the compared servers. Native VPN (WireGuard): connect and disconnect straight from the app via NetworkExtension, no external VPN app required; live tunnel status card on the Dashboard with swipe to disconnect, one profile saved and reused (regenerated only on explicit action). Only available in the full build; see Full vs Lite build below Dashboard: account info (current IP, VPN status, expiration, credits, sessions, member since); swipe left on a session to disconnect (also stops the native tunnel if it's this device's own session), tap a session to jump to its server detail Server detail: WireGuard or OpenVPN profile generation, direct import into the system VPN app, share and QR code (WireGuard) in a ··· menu; a direct Connect button for WireGuard (native build only), skipping the generate/share step; recent profiles per server with one-tap reimport, shown with the protocol's logo Recent profiles page: dedicated list of all generated profiles with search, sort, filter by protocol, quick import, QR code and delete; profile history is stored securely in the Keychain Spotlight search: favorite servers and recent profiles are indexed and searchable from the system search; tapping a result opens the app directly on the right screen and many more. Find the complete list of features on the manual / README.md.

Hello! Please upgrade to OpenVPN 2.4 or higher version, or switch to WireGuard alternatively. The OpenVPN version you're running doesn't support AES-GCM (or CHACHA20) on the Data Channel. Due to remarkable demand for DCO (Data Channel Offload kernel module to speed up OpenVPN throughput and make it more scalable through multiple threads) AirVPN servers, ever since migration to DCO was completed, do not support AES-CBC because its activation, even as a fallback cipher only, would cause global OpenVPN daemon Data Channel Offload de-activation. Kind regards

Hello! It is not necessary, with the option you mention Eddie will start during the system boot either on Windows or Linux based on systemd. Starting from 2.26.2 it will start on SysV init based Linux boxes too (this is new: if you find again malfunctions on SysV init based systems please warn the developers on the thread or via ticket). If the Connect at startup option is also active, then Eddie will start AND connect during the system bootstrap. Of course you are free to start Eddie automatically in different, canonical ways on each system. Kind regards

Hello! The FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS environment variable is not set, unless you set it in your GlueTun invocation command, therefore the incoming (unsolicited) packets on the tunnel VPN interface are dropped. See also: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/options/firewall.md Note that the other variables related to firewall and inbound ports that you set on the compose file do not affect the firewall rules for the VPN interface: FIREWALL_INPUT_PORTS pertains to the default interface. You might like to delete the related line as we bet you do not want your p2p software to reply to incoming packets from the Internet and disclose your real IP address VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORTS has a totally different purpose, it re-directs a port to a custom localhost port of your choosing and will break p2p software ability to receive incoming packets. Do not use this variable with torrent clients, or any other software that publicly announces its port, as that software would not be aware of the publicly visible port and would be announcing the private port instead. Delete that line and read the documentation here for more details: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/advanced/vpn-port-forwarding.md As a side note for you and all the readers using GlueTun: read GlueTun's good documentation if you haven't already done so! Kind regards

Hello! We are glad to announce that Eddie 2.27.1 beta has been released and is now available for public testing. This release mainly focuses on fixing several issues reported by some users in the stable 2.26.2 release. We hope to promote 2.27.1 to stable soon, once we have confirmation that these issues have been resolved. To test it: Go to the download page for your operating system. Click “Switch to EXPERIMENTAL”. Download and install Eddie 2.26.0 beta. Eddie 2.27.1 beta is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. We are also continuing the larger work of modernizing Eddie Desktop, also with a new modern UI. We know that many requested features are still waiting, including dark mode, split tunneling, Amnezia support, and more. They are not forgotten. For this release, the focus was on fixes and updates that needed to reach users first. Thank you for testing, and as always for your support. Main changelog: Version 2.27.0 (Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:00:44 +0000) [fix] [linux] Create service unit on systemd in some circumstances [fix] [windows] Use tap-windows6 when ovpn-dco cannot offload cipher [fix] [windows] SSH key permissions applied by SID [change] [all] SSH stops with error if key file is unreadable [fix] [windows] DNS leak: auto DNS covers all physical adapters [fix] [windows] Adapter install fail: match by creation id, not name [change] [windows] Log tapctl details on adapter creation failure [change] [linux] Arch Linux PKGBUILD improvements [change] [all] Removed legacy TCP transport of the elevated helper [fix] [all] Misc fixes and cleanup Version 2.27.1 (Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:44 +0000) [change] [all] Updated OpenVPN to 2.7.6 [fix] [windows] DNS Lock regression [change] [windows] DNS Lock applied even without DNS from the VPN [change] [linux] Network Lock refused if nftables tables owned [fix] [linux] Elevated finds sbin tools under cron PATH Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Staff

Hello! Source code is (and has always been) available on GitHub: https://github.com/AirVPN/ and GitLab: https://gitlab.com/AirVPN/ You can fork it anytime. License is GPLv3, so you will have no problems. Note that per app traffic splitting, AmneziaWG support and a few other requested features are already available on Android and Linux, so you can focus on Windows and macOS (where traffic splitting is available on a destination basis) if you prefer so. Feel free to notify the community within the few days you mention about the new software, when it's working and ready for public testing: we will be very glad to test it too. Kind regards

Hello! A few flood attacks caused various problems throughout August but the main problem since one or two weeks ago is the uplink capacity in our opinion. We were expecting maintenance operation in the Zurich DC to increase uplink capacity and improve access switch redundancy by adding a second switch to the rack between Aug 31 and Sep 1, but it was unfortunately re-scheduled to Sep 8. We will evaluate whether the added capacity will be enough to resolve the problems and we will act accordingly. Kind regards

Hello! It is possible, of course, but could it be misleading? As you know, a server’s overall load doesn’t tell you much on its own. We’re proud to offer a level of transparency that is unmatched in the industry. In fact, we can’t recall seeing another public server monitoring page in the past 15 years or so that shows anything remotely comparable to ours. Thus we will consider your suggestion seriously, but it must be pondered carefully. Kind regards

Hi, not to make you even more jealous but look at what we caught on Aug 26: 😋

Hello! This is a problem affecting a few Windows 10 systems that is being actively investigated by the devs. A fixed version is imminent: in the meantime you can try to connect via WireGuard, if it's a viable option in your network. Otherwise, you can consider to momentarily downgrade to Eddie 2.24.2. If you decide to downgrade, please remember to delete the configuration file that can be found here before installing the older version. Kind regards

Hello! AirVPN account password is the same (web site, Eddie, AirVPN Suite...). Then you have your system account password, prompted by the system and necessary to let Eddie run another process with superuser privileges. Finally, you may have a Master Password (optional) to encrypt and decrypt the configuration file. Kind regards

Hello! Just as there are by running High Sierra, which received the last security patches on 2020. If you are interested in security, first you should upgrade to a more modern system. High Sierra reached End of Life in 2020 and it suffers of critical vulnerabilities that are well known nowadays and that were never patched, we're sorry. We're also sorry to inform you that Hummingbird, on Intel based Mac systems, requires macOS 10.14 Mojave or higher version. Kind regards

Hello! You can consider Tunnelblick 3.8.8g: https://tunnelblick.net/downloadsDeprecated.html Kind regards

Hello, the minimization on the system tray when you start the GUI is configured by the "Start minimized" option in Eddie's "Preferences" > "UI" window. Plausibly you have this option enabled on the installing version and disabled on the portable version. If the app starts minimized you can bring up its main window by operating on its tray icon. Eddie's tray icon is a tiny cloud in a circle. Kind regards

Hello! Thanks a lot. Problems confirmed, they will be fixed and a new installations script will be available. For the readers: if you find issues with AirVPN Suite installation in the meantime, please do not hesitate to open a ticket and our support team will assist you promptly. Kind regards

Hello! The infrastructure is much better than it was 4 years ago. With the current information we can't help you, though. It is plausible that you're running old software that may cause problems, but it's not possible to say something for sure. Please open a ticket and the support team will ask you for additional information which may be instrumental to resolve your problem. On this public forum you might not want to publish specific data publicly. Kind regards

Hello! Not necessarily. On which exact OS do you see this behavior? Which software do you run for AmneziaWG connections? The proliferation of tun interfaces must not occur, unless you explicitly try multiple concurrent connections. In such a case you will see multiple active connection slots on your AirVPN client area, yes. Kind regards

Hello! This function is not available for WireGuard connections, but "dead connection slots", i.e. sessions without any successful handshake for 2 consecutive minutes, should be freed up within 2 minutes plus a slight delay due to backend operations and communications. If you have a ghost connection slot that is not freed up within 3-4 minutes please do not hesitate to open a ticket to let the support team investigate the matter. Kind regards

Hello! We're glad to inform you that infrastructural power up in Sweden will take place, probably throughout September and October. We're glad to know it! Kind regards

Hello! The SHA-256 checksum published on our website is provided specifically to allow users who sideload Eddie to verify the APK they downloaded. The APK is also cryptographically signed. The certificate fingerprint shown by apksigner can be used to verify the signing certificate of the APK, but the SHA-256 checksum published on our website is the reference we currently provide for independently verifying the downloaded APK. We may consider publishing the signing certificate fingerprint as additional information, now that we publish the APK already signed. Kind regards

Hello! Something else must be wrong because this does not seem to happen on a vanilla Debian 13 with KDE Plasma 5, we'll consult with developers. In the meantime can you please make sure that you have the latest Mono package available on the repositories? An alpha version (probably not ready for public testing) will be deployed for internal testing on mid-September. However, we can't still claim a definite date for a public alpha or beta version, we're sorry. If Eddie remains unusable, you can consider to run the AirVPN Suite, until a new Eddie version that gets rid of Mono comes out: https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/79336-airvpn-suite-resources/ The Suite offers more options such as per app traffic splitting, but it does not feature any GUI. Everything is driven from a command line interface. Currently only advantages, as Wayland and its compositors are still problematic on Debian 13 and need improvements, while X.Org is rock solid. On Debian 12 Wayland is almost unusable so there's no competition. Kind regards

Hello! This may mean that Wayland is still a problem and actually our tests are on X.Org based machines. You should consider to switch to X.Org and check whether all the problems get resolved. On Debian 13 and 12, the normal way is to select the Plasma (X.Org) session from SDDM. If you perform the test, please let us know whether the problems get resolved or not: Log out of Plasma. You do not need to reboot. At the SDDM login screen, select your user. Open the session menu, a button or icon near the lower-left corner. Choose Plasma (X11) or Plasma (X.Org). Log in. Run Eddie and check. I'd like to, but I don't know how. Can you explain to me? On KDE Plasma 5 on Wayland, the compositor is normally KWin, running as kwin_wayland. Use these commands to confirm: echo "$XDG_SESSION_TYPE" If it prints: wayland check the compositor process: ps -e | grep '[k]win_wayland' If the output shows (also) kwin_wayland, the compositor is KWin. If not, just send us the whole output. Kind regards

Hello! The GUI is mainly managed by Mono and this problem is not reproducible on our and our customers' Linux systems. Specifically, one of our testing systems is Debian 13 with KDE Plasma 5, and we don't see any problem at all. However, our DEs run on X.Org server, not on Wayland. Eddie and Mono may have various problems with Wayland on Debian 12, just like a lot of other applications have. You can consider to switch to X.Org. Can you also tell us which compositor is used in your Plasma environment (in Plasma, this is typically KWin)? Next Eddie GUI will not need Mono anymore and Wayland compatibility will be improved, but probably not on systems with archaic packages like Debian 12 (see below). But you can consider to upgrade to Debian 13. Debian 12 Wayland support was not ready for everyday use, while things improved on Debian 13. Also, Debian 12 regular security support ended on June 2026 and its kernel is very old, therefore upgrading to Debian 13 is in any case a good idea if possible. Also consider that Debian 13 is now the main development platform for Eddie Linux edition. Kind regards