Bug: NordVPN credentials suddenly not working.

[Kasazn]

Is this urgent?

None

Host OS

Latest TrueNAS CE stable 25.10.4 - Goldeye

CPU arch

None

VPN service provider

NordVPN

What are you using to run the container

custom app deployment using docker-compose

What is the version of Gluetun

latest

What's the problem 🤔

Config was never changed and double checked credentials. Was working for the past year.

NordVPN won't connect all of a sudden as I see my Docker container is stuck on deploying.

Share your logs (at least 10 lines)

2026-07-16 12:45:46.109068+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [routing] default route found: interface eth0, gateway _____ assigned IP _____ and family v4
2026-07-16 12:45:46.109208+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [routing] default route found: interface eth0, gateway _____, assigned IP _____ and family v6
2026-07-16 12:45:46.109429+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [routing] adding route for 0.0.0.0/0
2026-07-16 12:45:46.109559+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [routing] adding route for ::/0
2026-07-16 12:45:46.109678+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [firewall] setting allowed subnets...
2026-07-16 12:45:46.109856+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [routing] default route found: interface eth0, gateway _____, assigned IP _____ and family v4
2026-07-16 12:45:46.109984+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [routing] default route found: interface eth0, gateway _____, assigned IP _____ and family v6
2026-07-16 12:45:46.110470+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [healthcheck] listening on 127.0.0.1:9999
2026-07-16 12:45:46.110610+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [http server] http server listening on [::]:8000
2026-07-16 12:45:46.114648+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [firewall] allowing VPN connection...
2026-07-16 12:45:46.123280+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z WARN [vpn] assuming IPv6 is not supported, cannot get OpenVPN link by name: link not found: for name tun0
2026-07-16 12:45:46.126388+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [openvpn] OpenVPN 2.6.20 x86_64-alpine-linux-musl [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD]
2026-07-16 12:45:46.126403+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [openvpn] library versions: OpenSSL 3.5.7 9 Jun 2026, LZO 2.10
2026-07-16 12:45:46.127713+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [openvpn] TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET] XXXXXXXX
2026-07-16 12:45:46.127728+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [openvpn] UDPv4 link local: (not bound)
2026-07-16 12:45:46.127754+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [openvpn] UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]_____
2026-07-16 12:45:46.294357+00:002026-07-16T12:45:46Z INFO [openvpn] [sg641.nordvpn.com] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]_____
2026-07-16 12:45:47.543912+00:002026-07-16T12:45:47Z ERROR [openvpn] AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED
2026-07-16 12:45:47.544029+00:002026-07-16T12:45:47.544029608Z
2026-07-16 12:45:47.544086+00:00Your credentials might be wrong 🤨

Share your configuration

** standard docker-compose **

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[EphremTil17]

I have this exact same issue. Restarting my container using gluetun 3 or 4 times made it work on NordVPN using OpenVPN Credentials.

[Kasazn]

I have this exact same issue. Restarting my container using gluetun 3 or 4 times made it work on NordVPN using OpenVPN Credentials.

Funny, yesterday I tried starting and stopping so many times. When I saw this reply, I went to start my Gluetun container up, wanting to restart it. It now works on first startup, somehow.

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