fix: the status gives the number of connected OpenVPN clients at most 5 seconds old instead of up to a minute.

README.md

@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ The status holds the state of `vpn-router-setup`, `slapd` and each PostgreSQL cl
 `vpn-router-manager` when that package is installed, of `strongswan` when site-to-site or
 road-warrior access is configured, of `wg-quick@wg0` when WireGuard is, and of
 `openvpn-server@vpn-router` when OpenVPN is; the number of connected
-OpenVPN clients, from the server's status file, which OpenVPN rewrites every minute; the package version and,
+OpenVPN clients, from the server's status file, which OpenVPN rewrites every 5 seconds; the package version and,
 as `manager_version`, the installed version of `vpn-router-manager` (`null`, shown as not installed, without it); whether
 Docker is installed, and when it is, the state of `docker.service` and of `vpn-router-docker`
 (the Docker rules), which do not change `status`; as `site_to_site`, the number of site-to-site

debian-package/debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+vpn-router (0.24.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  fix: the status gives the number of connected OpenVPN clients at most 5 seconds old instead of up to a minute.
+
+  * The OpenVPN server writes its status file every 5 seconds, so a
+    refresh of the status shows clients that connected or left since.
+
+ -- Slawomir Koszewski <slawek@koszewscy.waw.pl>  Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:30:00 +0100
+
 vpn-router (0.24.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   feature: /remote-access of the web service shows and changes the settings of IKEv2 road-warrior, OpenVPN and WireGuard access and whether each runs, for the Router Manager's Remote access page.

debian-package/src/usr/lib/vpn-router/vpnrouter.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if str(LIB_DIR) not in sys.path:
 import vpnrouter_ldap
 import vpnrouter_pki
 import vpnrouter_platforms
+import vpnrouter_status
 from vpnrouter_net import DEFAULT_LISTEN, LISTEN_CHOICES, LOOPBACK, ConfigError, detect_interfaces, interface_addresses, ip_output
 
 CONFIG_FILE  = pathlib.Path('/etc/vpn-router/vpn-router.json')
@@ -896,6 +897,8 @@ def build_context(cfg, public_ip=None):
         'openvpn_protocol': _get(cfg, 'openvpn', 'protocol'),
         'openvpn_device':  OPENVPN_DEVICE,
         'openvpn_ldap_conf': str(OPENVPN_LDAP),
+        'openvpn_status':  vpnrouter_status.OPENVPN_STATUS,
+        'openvpn_status_seconds': vpnrouter_status.OPENVPN_STATUS_SECONDS,
         'p2s_dns_list':    _split_list(_join(local_addrs, _split_list(extras['EXTRA_P2S_DNS']))),
         'openvpn_ca':      str(vpnrouter_pki.OPENVPN_CA),
         'openvpn_crl':     str(vpnrouter_pki.OPENVPN_CRL),

debian-package/src/usr/lib/vpn-router/vpnrouter_status.py

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ COMMAND_TIMEOUT = 5
 
 OPENVPN_STATUS = '/run/openvpn-server/status-vpn-router.log'
 
+#: Seconds between two writes of OPENVPN_STATUS by the OpenVPN server, whose configuration sets it (OpenVPN's default is 60).
+OPENVPN_STATUS_SECONDS = 5
+
 #: Seconds since its last handshake within which a WireGuard peer counts as connected.
 WIREGUARD_CONNECTED_SECONDS = 180
 

debian-package/src/usr/share/vpn-router/templates/openvpn-server.conf.j2

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ push "route {{ network }} {{ netmask }}"
 push "dhcp-option DNS {{ address }}"
 {% endfor -%}
 
+status {{ openvpn_status }} {{ openvpn_status_seconds }}
+
 keepalive 10 120
 {% if openvpn_protocol == 'udp' -%}
 explicit-exit-notify 1