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latest rolling has broken vpn remote-access after upgrade
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Description

$ show configuration commands | strip-private | grep remote-access
set vpn l2tp remote-access authentication local-users username xxxxxx password xxxxxx
set vpn l2tp remote-access authentication local-users username xxxxxx password xxxxxx
set vpn l2tp remote-access authentication local-users username xxxxxx password xxxxxx
set vpn l2tp remote-access authentication mode 'local'
set vpn l2tp remote-access authentication protocols 'mschap-v2'
set vpn l2tp remote-access client-ip-pool default-range-pool range 'xxx.xxx.1.2-xxx.xxx.1.254'
set vpn l2tp remote-access default-pool 'default-range-pool'
set vpn l2tp remote-access gateway-address 'xxx.xxx.255.0'
set vpn l2tp remote-access ipsec-settings authentication mode 'pre-shared-secret'
set vpn l2tp remote-access ipsec-settings authentication pre-shared-secret xxxxxx
set vpn l2tp remote-access name-server 'xxx.xxx.0.1'
set vpn l2tp remote-access outside-address 'xxx.xxx.127.2'

with this configuration, which is the same as pre-upgrade, remote-access is now broken. nothing appears in the logs when trying to connect.

Details

Version
VyOS 2025.07.28-0022-rolling
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Unspecified (please specify)

Event Timeline

doctorpangloss triaged this task as Normal priority.
doctorpangloss created this object in space S1 VyOS Public.

appears to be working again with VyOS 2025.08.13-0020-rolling
this might be interacting with firewall global-options receive-redirects

doctorpangloss changed the task status from Open to Needs testing.Aug 15 2025, 11:20 PM
doctorpangloss changed the task status from Needs testing to Open.Aug 20 2025, 3:31 PM