I am using ProtonVPN, and have (or so I thought) set up qBittorrent to bind to the network interface that ProtonVPN is using (tun0). The connection symbol turns red if I turn off the VPN, and downloads will stop. However, when checking the torrent address on ipleak.net, it seems that this bind is not working properly - my real IP shows up after I have disconnected my VPN. I thought that there shouldn’t be any connections made when traffic is not via the tun0 interface, so that my real IP should never be known by the detection tool. Am I wrong?

I have not configured the kill switch, but perhaps I should do so?

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You could also try split tunneling to specify that Qbittorrent goes through your VPN: https://protonvpn.com/support/protonvpn-split-tunneling/

I was under the impression that this would be redundant if you’re properly binding to an interface, but maybe it will help in your case.

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That is unfortunately not available in the Linux client.

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