Connectivity check

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Does GrapheneOS make connectivity check outside VPN? I checked today this thing on router logs.
Which type of data is transferring outside VPN too?

grapheneos.online
connectivitycheck.grapheneos.network

How to force this connections inside VPN?

unwat

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A short answer to your question is yes, the connectivity check is done outside of the VPN. Check out this thread, which includes a (copied and pasted) response from the official GrapheneOS Twitter account: #1234

You can disable the connectivity check on GrapheneOS, something you cannot do on other OSes. You cannot force the connection to be done through a VPN as far as I know.

Also, you might want to read through this section of the website: https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections

GrapheneOS

[deleted] The connectivity checks can only function if they occur outside the VPN. The purpose is to detect connectivity on each available network, not just through the VPN, and to handle captive portals. If you don't want to use the connectivity checks, you can turn them off. You should read the information about them in https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections. If you disable the checks, you should be aware that the OS will be unable to detect which networks offer working internet connectivity and you'll be unable to deal with captive portals without disabling your VPN and connecting to an HTTP site in the browser rather than being able to handle it through the OS without disabling your VPN.