All trackers stuck on Not Contacted Yet (v5.0.3)

[DeathStalker77]

qBittorrent & operating system versions

qBT 5.0.3
Qt: 6.7.3
Libtorrent: 1.2.19.0
Boost: 1.86.0
OpenSSL: 3.4.0
zlib: 1.3.1

Edition Windows 11 Pro Education
Version 24H2
OS build 26100.2605
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.36.0

What is the problem?

This is NOT the same as #16142

I have tried ALL the steps on 16142 - none work. This is a NEW installation of Win11. qBT is properly bound to the appropriate VPN adapter (Proton). I did not have this issue with Win10.

Steps to reproduce

Start qBT - nothing ever connects

Additional context

No response

Log(s) & preferences file(s)

1/12/2025 4:38 PM - UPnP/NAT-PMP support: ON
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Embedded Tracker: Now listening on IP: 0.0.0.0, port: 9000
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Encryption support: ON
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Anonymous mode: OFF
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Peer Exchange (PeX) support: ON
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Local Peer Discovery support: ON
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Distributed Hash Table (DHT) support: ON
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - HTTP User-Agent: "qBittorrent/5.0.3"
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Peer ID: "-qB5030-"
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Trying to listen on the following list of IP addresses: "iftype53_32769:36225"
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Could not find GUID of network interface. Interface: "iftype53_32769"
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - The configured network interface is invalid. Interface: "iftype53_32769"
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - An error occurred while trying to open the log file. Logging to file is disabled.
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - Using config directory: C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent
1/12/2025 4:38 PM - qBittorrent v5.0.3 started. Process ID: 40984

[DeathStalker77]

UPDATE: I have (for some reason) 2 entries in the dropdown for ProtonVPN. If I switch the binding to Any Interface, then I get connections.

[ctquantum]

Sounds like you did not do bindings correctly. Normally a VPN will block all normal traffic going out locally and open a new binding for itself to forward traffic to the remote VPN endpoint. Sounds like qBittorent can find the new binding itself if you let it. Otherwise you ave to set it by hand or turn the VPN off.