All, I wrote a short blog post on how to deal with dead OpenVPN tunnels. This may be an issue you have encountered as well, when connecting to a commercial VPN provider's servers on more or less permanent basis.
The blunt instrument is detailed here: https://www.huttu.net/posts/openvpn-client-stability/ I would be interested in hearing about other more elegant solutions as well. :) Best regards, Lari Huttunen -- "See the unseen." - https://photography.huttu.net
