VPN Reconnects Break Port Monitors by Silently Changing Forwarded IP
When Gluetun reconnects to a new VPN server, the forwarded port IP changes without notifying dependent monitoring tools like Uptime Kuma. Each reconnect requires manually updating IP addresses across every affected monitor. No reconciliation mechanism exists to synchronize port changes with the monitoring stack automatically.
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