VPN options are missing until reconnect

[Justas]

justas@Zaibukas:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

justas@Zaibukas:~$ apt-cache policy indicator-applet-complete
indicator-applet-complete:
  Installed: 0.4.12-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.4.12-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.4.12-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What should happen:
1) Configure new VPN connection
2) It is visible straight away after clicking on network applet -> VPN Connections

What is happening now:
1) Configure new VPN connection
2) It is not listed among VPN connections
3) Disconnect/reconnect from wired or wireless connection
4) New VPN connection option is visible

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: indicator-network (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 5 18:58:08 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
 LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: indicator-network
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[David Raymond Christiansen (david-davidchristiansen)]

I am noticing the same behavior. In addition, already-configured VPN connections are also affected, not just new ones.

[Neal Sanche (nexl)]

This seems to happen to me once in a while when I first boot up Ubuntu 12.04. In the toolbar, the networking dropdown does not show the VPN sub-menu. Then, if I disable and renable networking, the sub-menu reappears and I am able to connect with VPNs after this. This has only happened to me twice so far, though I am not often connecting to VPNs, so it could have been happening without me noticing.

[N Carter (ncarter100)]

I have identical behaviour to nexl above on 12.04. I use VPN every day and it happens around 1 in 10 times after boot up.

[David Raymond Christiansen (david-davidchristiansen)]

This was solved for me, but it's re-occurred in 12.10.

[stehpan (stehpan)]

Same as nexl (comment #4): Using Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin with the indicator-applet-complete 0.5.0, network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.2, network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2

After booting up my laptop attached to a wired network, there was no VPN submenue. Unplugging and replugging my LAN cable made the VPN submenue appear.

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

This has just started happening to me. 12.04 64 bit. I recently had to replace my motherboard, cpu and ram after Hurricane Sandy and this seems to have started after that.

[Ted Gould (ted)]

Filled before the indicator-network rewrite. Marking invalid as it applies to the old codebase.