I have Blokada (Blokada S, from the Play Store) installed on a tablet managed by Google Family Link.

I've tried to ensure total functioning of the app by setting :

• "Always On" in the VPN profile settings
• "Stay alive" in the Blokada settings
• "Always allow" in the Family Link settings

However every time the Family Link time limit is reached, and the tablet is locked (by Family Link), the VPN connection fails and does not restart when the tablet is unlocked later. The app clearly remains active in the Android notification shade but reads "Disconnected from always-on VPN. Check network settings." Those settings are still set to always on.

Simply reopening the Blokada app will restart the service and reinstate the VPN connection. But I would like this to be done automatically in the background, as it used to do whenever the network condition changed (before installing Family Link.)

I did a test just now of ensuring Blokada was active and working, then locking the tablet remotely via Family Link app, then unlocking the tablet via Family Link. Blokada is disabled. Launch the app, it restarts.

How can I fix this so that the VPN remains functioning? It seems like Family Link's locking of the tablet shuts off all network communications. Other than manually launching the app again after each unlock, is there any way to have it automatically reconnect? I thought I had set all the settings right but something is wrong.