14:33:33 hey y'all. I've been having intermittent issues with the GUI not connecting to monerod since the last network upgrade. The 0.15.0.2 update didn't really fix it. looks to me like monerod is running without errors, but the Monero GUI still can't connect to it. The issue is intermittent -- it sometimes works, and I can often get it working after it 14:33:34 stops by rebooting. This is (or is supposed to be) a 24/7 p2p node 14:34:00 anyway, I'm happy to pass along anything that might be useful. logs, etc 14:37:04 lyza: Are you using simple mode? 14:37:32 no 14:37:59 Can you go to Settings -> Node and check if you have something entered in the bootstrap address / bootstrap port textbox? 14:38:21 they are oth blank 14:38:25 both* 14:38:41 ok, you are starting the daemon separately? 14:39:16 well I've tried letting the GUI do it, and I've also tried doing it separately in its own console window 14:40:33 Can you try the CLI wallet and see if it has the same issue? 14:40:34 the log in the GUI prints a lot of "Error: Couldn't connect to daemon: 127.0.0.1:18081" despite the fact that the daemon is running seemingly without errors 14:40:50 I tried the CLI wallet awhile ago but sure I'll give it another spin 14:41:23 I haven’t read any similar reports so I wonder if it is something on your system, anti virus or something similar. 14:43:47 CLI doesn't connect to daemon either. I suppose it could be my system, but the issue certainly seems to have corresponded with the upgrade. I haven't changed much of anything else 14:46:37 aaaaand the GUI just connected 14:49:50 can you try to use a remote node? 14:49:59 e.g. node.xmr.to:18081 14:50:49 sure one moment 14:52:12 weird how creating a TX sometimes takes 10s of seconds, other times it's almost instant..... 15:01:04 +selsta: xmr.to timed out but I was able to connect to the remote node at opennode.xmr-tw.org:18089 15:01:58 no connection problems? 15:02:20 nope. I think I may have figured out the issue, though. It seems to not be working specifically when the ProtonVPN app is running 15:03:23 but two things. first, I have ProtonVPN on Split Tunneling mode, so it should only be impacted two apps, neither of which are Monero. And second, I should still be able to connect to the local node even if I'm on a VPN? I've tried opening / closing ProtonVPN a few times now though and it seems to be what's causing the issue 15:04:15 If I connect to the VPN AFTER the wallet is open and connected to the daemon, that's fine, but it stops it from establishing a new connection if the VPN is running when I try to open a wallet 15:08:16 sorry I don’t know what the ProtonVPN is doing exactly. 15:11:04 that's fine, I wouldn't necessarily expect you to. and I was more looking to provide hopefully useful feedback than to get particular help. 15:12:04 seems like this could be an issue with the OS or ProtonVPN, but I don't know enough to say. I can say that Monero seems to be the only app that's been adversely affected.