No Private DNS setting found on secondary profile

greetdnashoe

I can find Private DNS while in my second profile searching for it in Settings, but when I press on it, nothing shows up. Is this by design?

I am on a Pixel 7a.

Dumdum

greetdnashoe
https://grapheneos.org/releases#2023100100

Settings: remove Private DNS setting for secondary users since it's not currently per-profile like VPN configuration but rather is global like Wi-Fi configuration

If you want to use a specific DNS in a secondary profile, I believe you have to set it in your VPN app.

greetdnashoe

Dumdum That's helpful! Currently the DNS I use, ControlD, is having issues. Their quick setup app runs through the VPN settings, and it isn't running on both Android profiles... Looks like I'll have to follow up with them since Private DNS won't work on an Owner and secondary profile at once on GrapheneOS

Dumdum

greetdnashoe Looks like I'll have to follow up with them since Private DNS won't work on an Owner and secondary profile at once on GrapheneOS

You misunderstand. As stated in the quote, Private DNS is (currently) global, meaning whatever DNS you set will apply to both the Owner profile and any secondary users you make. If you want separate DNS for each profile, then setting the DNS in a VPN would be how you separate them, as VPNs can be configured per-profile unlike Private DNS (also stated in the quote).

I believe that if you do it that way, you would also have to turn Private DNS off as that would override whatever DNS you have in your VPN apps. If you don't want/care about separate DNS for profiles, then you can set up Private DNS and it should work fine I think (unless for some reason, it doesn't).