Thank you very much for filing this bug report. It seems like it is a real issue and I will place it on the Server Team's backlog for now.
** Changed in: dnsmasq (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dnsmasq in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682227 Title: dnsmasq, network manager *still* not able to relay DNS queries or respond to DNS requests after VPN connection failure / die off Status in dnsmasq package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This remains an issue. Supposedly fixed, it's still an issue in 16.04. When an OpenVPN connection enables, or dies off, dnsmasq ceases to respond. The upstream DNS servers set are two bind9 instances that both reply to direct queries, so the core issue is that `dnsmasq` is broken. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: dnsmasq-base 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-72.93-generic 4.4.49 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-72-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Apr 12 15:58:28 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-20 (112 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: dnsmasq UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1682227/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp