Proton VPN stopped working after PureOS update

Software PureOS
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I am running latest Byzantium on my desktop. Proton VPN stopped working after the second to last update. When I click on the icon it expands and disappears, and Proton VPN never opens. Any ideas ? Thanks, Tom

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Are you using the GUI or hand plugging the credentials etc?

Sorry, you are clearly using GUI, I used to hand plug the credentials back when it was new, do they have a CLI helper/selector for linux?

I think it is built with electron… Any errors when you launch the gui from cli?

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I am getting gnome keyring prompt, and then it starts for me. Librem pureos 6.12.0-1-librem5 and Proton VPN Linux client, 4.15.3

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I attempted to use CLI from the terminal. When I tried to log in to ProtonVPN in the terminal with “protonvpn signin nick-tom123” it said I was missing a parameter. I am confused.

The reason I am seeking help from the Purism community is PVPN stopped working after a PureOS update. It was working fine before that.

Thanks, Tom

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So I am running Crimson as you saw so my testing is of little use, If I remember correctly it is not user/pass but you need to go to the protonVPN page and get a pass key for each VPN exit, I only did this when PVPN was new and maybe last year had trouble adding PVPN fallbacks to my primary VPN on my openwrt router and just never solved the issue.

here is what you need for direct credentials and no GUI or CLI apps

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I’m using it right now, fully working (Crimson - manual configuration)