Nope, vpn state still breaks;

paulh@Paul-HP-Laptop:~$ tail -f /var/log/syslog
Apr  6 11:45:30 Paul-HP-Laptop wpa_supplicant[1218]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 8a:15:14:9d:c9:c0 completed [id=0 id_str=]
Apr  6 11:45:30 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443130.7408] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: completed -> authenticating
Apr  6 11:45:30 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443130.7462] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Apr  6 11:45:30 Paul-HP-Laptop kernel: [82268.296913] wlo1: Limiting TX power to 17 (23 - 6) dBm as advertised by 8a:15:14:9d:c9:c0
Apr  6 11:45:30 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443130.7893] device (wlo1): supplicant interface state: associating -> completed
Apr  6 11:45:30 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: Connection reset, restarting [-1]
Apr  6 11:45:30 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting
Apr  6 11:45:35 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Apr  6 11:45:35 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Apr  6 11:45:35 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: admin.vectrobe.net: No address associated with hostname


web connections hang here pernamently, I then proceeded to disconnect the VPN manually;


Apr  6 11:51:25 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: message repeated 71 times: [ RESOLVE: Cannot resolve host address: admin.vectrobe.net: No address associated with hostname]
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.8235] audit: op="connection-deactivate" uuid="dfa7a90b-e0b6-43fd-b9fc-01270563a367" name="OpenVPN Relay" pid=1500 uid=1000 result="success"
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.8271] dns-mgr: Writing DNS information to /sbin/resolvconf
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop dnsmasq[5515]: setting upstream servers from DBus
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop dnsmasq[5515]: using nameserver 10.128.128.128#53(via wlo1)
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop dbus[940]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service'
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: nm-openvpn[24800] <info>  openvpn[24803]: send SIGTERM
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: nm-openvpn[24800] <info>  wait for 1 openvpn processes to terminate...
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.9036] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: RESOLVE: signal received during DNS resolution attempt
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.9041] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-openvpn[24803]: SIGTERM[hard,init_instance] received, process exiting
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.9044] policy: set 'ESGFreeWiFi' (wlo1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.9287] device (tun0): state change: activated -> unmanaged (reason 'connection-assumed') [100 10 41]
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <error> [1491443488.9466] platform-linux: do-change-link[19]: failure changing link: failure 19 (No such device)
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <error> [1491443488.9471] platform-linux: do-change-link[19]: failure changing link: failure 19 (No such device)
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <warn>  [1491443488.9472] device (tun0): failed to disable userspace IPv6LL address handling
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: nm-openvpn[24800] <info>  openvpn[24803] exited with success
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.9658] devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/tun0, iface: tun0)
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.9666] vpn-connection[0x55e869a14590,dfa7a90b-e0b6-43fd-b9fc-01270563a367,"OpenVPN Relay",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopping (5)
Apr  6 11:51:28 Paul-HP-Laptop NetworkManager[5362]: <info>  [1491443488.9679] vpn-connection[0x55e869a14590,dfa7a90b-e0b6-43fd-b9fc-01270563a367,"OpenVPN Relay",0]: VPN plugin: state changed: stopped (6)
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop dbus[940]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-dispatcher: req:1 'vpn-down' [tun0]: new request (1 scripts)
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-dispatcher: req:1 'vpn-down' [tun0]: start running ordered scripts...
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-dispatcher: req:2 'down' [tun0]: new request (1 scripts)
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop whoopsie[900]: [11:51:29] Could not determine if /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36 is a default route:
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop whoopsie[900]: [11:51:29] GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop whoopsie[900]: [11:51:29] The default IPv4 route is: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/34
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop whoopsie[900]: [11:51:29] Not a paid data plan: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/34
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop whoopsie[900]: [11:51:29] Found usable connection: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/34
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/36"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: "No such interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties' on object at path /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/35"
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: kdeconnect.core: Broadcasting identity packet
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop org.kde.kdeconnect[1342]: message repeated 3 times: [ kdeconnect.core: Broadcasting identity packet]
Apr  6 11:51:29 Paul-HP-Laptop nm-dispatcher: req:2 'down' [tun0]: start running ordered scripts...
Apr  6 11:51:30 Paul-HP-Laptop whoopsie[900]: [11:51:30] online