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Report loss of connectivity to the Tor network (eg. when changing network)

Right now in Tor VPN, if the user is connected to Tor VPN and changes Wi-Fi to a network without Internet or that blocks Tor, the connection status stays "Connected".

User research findings

During the usability tests of Tor VPN 0.6.2, 4/6 participants still had a "Connected" state after switching to a Wi-Fi network that blocked Tor. Confusion guaranteed!

Ideas

  • Force a restart whenever the network changes?

  • Try to detect automatically a change in connectivity every time the connection changes (eg. between Wi-Fi networks) and report if the connectivity broke?

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