NordVPN incredibly slow, gets stuck on "Selecting the best server"

[tomhalley]

Is there a pinned issue for this?

• [X] I have read the pinned issues and could not find my issue

Is there an existing or similar issue/discussion for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues
• [X] I have searched the existing discussions

Is there any comment in the documentation for this?

• [X] I have read the documentation, especially the FAQ and Troubleshooting parts

Is this related to a provider?

• [X] I have checked the provider repo for issues
• [X] My issue is NOT related to a provider

Are you using the latest release?

• [X] I am using the latest release

Have you tried using the dev branch latest?

• [X] I have tried using dev branch

Docker run config used

version: '3.3' services: media-vault: cap_add: - NET_ADMIN restart: unless-stopped volumes: - type: volume source: nfs-elements target: /data volume: nocopy: true environment: - NORDVPN_COUNTRY=FR - NORDVPN_CATEGORY=legacy_p2p - NORDVPN_PROTOCOL=udp - OPENVPN_PROVIDER=NORDVPN - OPENVPN_USERNAME=***************** - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=********************** - OPENVPN_CONFIG=france - LOCAL_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24 - TRANSMISSION_INCOMPLETE_DIR=/data/New\ Downloads - TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/data/New\ Downloads logging: driver: json-file options: max-size: 10m ports: - '9091:9091' image: haugene/transmission-openvpn:latest

volumes: nfs-elements: driver_opts: type: "cifs" o: "username=anon,password=password,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,vers=1.0" device: "//192.168.1.1/Elements/public"

Current Behavior

Everytime I start the container it gets stuck on "Selecting the best server". Have tried various combinations. Logs never progress past this step.

Expected Behavior

OpenVPN connects and the transmission server becomes accessible

How have you tried to solve the problem?

Tried latest and dev tags Tried changing between FR and GB. Changing OPENVPN_CONFIG to undefined, setting to france. Tried CURL to NordVPN api from machine to check for rate limiting, no problem immediately downloading response. Tried changing technology between tcp and udp docker-compose up --context media-vault up -d --force-recreate

Log output

mediavault-media-vault-1 | Starting container with revision: 44c82aa1297b0f4473ad141f2cea326b407d9c22 mediavault-media-vault-1 | Creating TUN device /dev/net/tun mediavault-media-vault-1 | Using OpenVPN provider: NORDVPN mediavault-media-vault-1 | Running with VPN_CONFIG_SOURCE auto mediavault-media-vault-1 | Provider NORDVPN has a bundled setup script. Defaulting to internal config mediavault-media-vault-1 | Executing setup script for NORDVPN mediavault-media-vault-1 | Downloading user specified config. NORDVPN_PROTOCOL is set to: tcp mediavault-media-vault-1 | 2022-07-05 19:44:18 Checking curl installation mediavault-media-vault-1 | 2022-07-05 19:44:18 Removing existing configs mediavault-media-vault-1 | 2022-07-05 19:44:18 Selecting the best server...

HW/SW Environment

- OS: Ubuntu 22.04
- Docker: 20.10.12

Anything else?

N/A