390 results found

1. Detect when a server has high latency or slow speed and automatically change servers

   Sometimes my connection speed seems to become very slow. I often disconnect and reconnect to re-establish a decent connection speed. It would useful if profiles allowed for an option to automatically change servers when high latency or slow speed is detected.

   The option could select to reconnect to the best server in the same country or region or globally - based on a function of latency and speed.

   426 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   8 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

2. Show server latency

   without knowing if I'll get good latency makes people hesitant to subscribe for premium plans. Let people browse the servers and see the latency they get even if it's locked out for free users.

   758 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   Planned  ·  44 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

3. Improve Stealth Mode - it is currently detected by Google

   While using Stealth Mode, YouTube is now consistently asking me to sign in, to "prove that I am not a bot". This did not happen in the past. When disconnecting from Proton VPN, YouTube no longer is asking for a sign in. So obviously Google is able to detect the difference between a "Stealth" connection and a normal connection. This would disqualify this protocol as being "Stealth". Please improve Stealth Mode.

   8 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   1 comment  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

4. Detect DNS leak and warn ProtonVPN users

   An encrypted DNS (Called DoH - DNS over https) is said by you (in the later linked article) to "prevents our software from being able to see the DNS queries. This makes it very hard to block or reroute them."
   causing DNS leak, which can be considered a serious privacy compromise IMO.
   https://www.dnsleaktest.com
   https://ipleak.net

   It seems to be too severe not to warn user about it in case it is doable from the side of your application. I guess your app tries to read the DNS request and if is encrypted, it fails and can do some action, like displaying a warning inside a main ProtonVPN page, linking user to a tutorial on how to fix it ( https://protonvpn.com/support/dns-leaks-privacy/#dns-over-https or similar ).

   An encrypted DNS (Called DoH - DNS over https) is said by you (in the later linked article) to "prevents our software from being able to see the DNS queries. This makes it very hard to block or reroute them."
   causing DNS leak, which can be considered a serious privacy compromise IMO.
   https://www.dnsleaktest.com
   https://ipleak.net

   It seems to be too severe not to warn user about it in case it is doable from the side of your application. I guess your app tries to read the DNS request and if is encrypted, it fails and can do some action, like displaying… more

   271 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   Under review  ·  0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

5. Free Austria VPN Server for Forumula 1

   I love to watch formula one and it would be great if one austria server would become free. However, it would be understandable if it is not implemented.

   7 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

6. Please add a feature to block any protocol (over the VPN) which is not encrypted, for example: DNS, SMTP, HTTP, etc
   13 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

7. Split tunneling, select which app connects through which country

   It would be great if Proton VPN split tunneling worked so that I can select which app's traffic is routed through whic country. For example, I'd like to select that Youtube goes through Moldova, Firefox through Netherlands, banking app through Germany etc. This could maybe be built into profiles as well so I can quickly set up even different split tunneling scenarios.

   17 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   1 comment  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

8. Android: Proton VPN is functionally worthless for me unless I can turn on kill switch while split tunneling is enabled.

   I'll explain the steps I followed on my Android phone:

   1. I got ProtonVPN, and enabled kill switch to protect myself from data leaks.
   2. I noticed that certain apps (like my bank app and music app for example) didn't work while Proton VPN was enabled.
   3. I enabled split tunneling and created exceptions so that apps like my bank app and music app didn't go through the VPN.
   4. I enabled kill switch, and found out that split tunneling didn't work.
   5. In order to use my bank app, my music app, or others, I HAD to turn off kill switch. I very very very much want kill switch to be on. I am in a politically sensitive area. I want my bank app and music app and the others to continue to work while kill switch prevents non-excepted apps' traffic to be FORCED to go through the VPN.
   6. As it is, I have to choose between having kill switch on (meaning I'm unable to use many of my apps which don't work through the VPN) or having kill switch off (meaning that if for some reason Proton VPN isn't working, all of my traffic is going through my actual IP address without VPN protection).

   Well it finally happened. Since for some reason Android doesn't always keep Proton VPN working, sometimes it's off even when I didn't turn it off, and a company noticed that sometimes my traffic goes through VPN and sometimes it doesn't. I got permanently banned from a service I had used for over a decade because of this bug in Proton VPN.

   For paying so much money, this is a feature that should be working. Come on, Proton! You have awesome products! I love them for the most part. But this makes Proton VPN on Android functionally worthless. I have to either have kill switch off, in which case I keep not realizing that Proton VPN isn't working and keep endangering myself; or I can have kill switch on, in which case I just lose the ability to use many apps that won't work through the VPN connection. I have to turn off Proton VPN entirely when using those apps, and in that case I can't use an app requiring a VPN and an app requiring no VPN at the same time.

   I really need this feature if I'm going to consider continuing to use ProtonVPN. Competitor products generally seem to have this feature. I don't want to jump switch, but this is pretty urgent.

   Please, Proton. This isn't just for convenience. For those of us in countries where it's not safe to browse without VPN, we NEED Proton VPN to support kill switch for all VPN-protected apps while split-tunneled apps are allowed to have their direct connections.

   In politically sensitive countries, this literally may be the difference between people being arrested or not.

   (and just to throw this out there, I'm not doing anything that would be considered illegal in democratic countries)

   I'll explain the steps I followed on my Android phone:

   1. I got ProtonVPN, and enabled kill switch to protect myself from data leaks.
   2. I noticed that certain apps (like my bank app and music app for example) didn't work while Proton VPN was enabled.
   3. I enabled split tunneling and created exceptions so that apps like my bank app and music app didn't go through the VPN.
   4. I enabled kill switch, and found out that split tunneling didn't work.
   5. In order to use my bank app, my music app, or others, I HAD to turn off kill switch. I very very… more
   7 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   3 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

9. Linux CLI connection status

   I use the ProtonVPN CLI on my Ubuntu MATE system. (I don't use the GUI app because I do not use Gnome.)

   It works well and I'm happy with it, but after I enter protonvpn connect and it exits successfully with news of an established connection, I don't know much of anything about the connection itself.

   According to the CLI --help argument the available commands are: ('signin', 'signout', 'info', 'connect', 'disconnect').

   I would like to suggest adding a command to this list, "status". That is, protonvpn status .

   This command would show whether the VPN connection is established or not, which city, and maybe some other basic info (health check, bytes passed, whatever).

   Note that this is different from the existing 'info' command which only shows Proton account login info for the VPN, nothing about the connection itself.

   This would be a big help while managing my VPN connection on my desktop.

   I use the ProtonVPN CLI on my Ubuntu MATE system. (I don't use the GUI app because I do not use Gnome.)

   It works well and I'm happy with it, but after I enter protonvpn connect and it exits successfully with news of an established connection, I don't know much of anything about the connection itself.

   According to the CLI --help argument the available commands are: ('signin', 'signout', 'info', 'connect', 'disconnect').

   I would like to suggest adding a command to this list, "status". That is, protonvpn status .

   This command would show whether the VPN connection is established or not,… more

   7 votes

   Vote Vote Vote Vote

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Vote

   We’ll send you updates on this idea

   2 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
   How important is this to you?

   Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

   We're glad you're here

   Please sign in to leave feedback

   Signed in as (Sign out)

   Close

   Close

   Submit Rating

10. Prioritize physical servers instead of the virtual servers on countries with both

    Right now, in Indonesia we have both physical servers and virtual servers. The thing is, when u click connect to Indonesia. It will randomly choose the virtual servers instead of the physical servers. In my opinion this is a flawed logic because not only do we have more added latency. There are also a few different sites that can tell that Proton's virtual IPs are not actually from Indonesia. Not only that, having ProtonVPN prioritize physical servers means that you will also most likely have a better speed and experience overall because we wont have to worry about the quality of our ISP's international link quality.

    Yes, I can understand the issues with this logic, like what if the physical servers are all full in terms of capacity and will yield lower performance/experience to the user? for this i would also suggest that u guys add a logic where ProtonVPN will prefer physical servers (load balanced of course so u wont get a congested server), then if all of the physical servers are congested enough where they will probably yield a worse experience, then let new users connect to the virtual servers.

    I have suggested this feature on the live chat, and now on here hoping it would get implemented. Thank you

    Right now, in Indonesia we have both physical servers and virtual servers. The thing is, when u click connect to Indonesia. It will randomly choose the virtual servers instead of the physical servers. In my opinion this is a flawed logic because not only do we have more added latency. There are also a few different sites that can tell that Proton's virtual IPs are not actually from Indonesia. Not only that, having ProtonVPN prioritize physical servers means that you will also most likely have a better speed and experience overall because we wont have to worry about the quality… more

    9 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

11. Option to exclude free servers (for subscribers)

    Somewhere in the settings or connection page, please provide a way for paid subscribers to exclude connecting to FREE servers when not selecting a specific server.

    710 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    38 comments  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

12. Add a censorship-resitant technology such as V2RAY or UPD-over-TCP.

    Mullvad VPN uses Wireguard obfuscation (UDP2TCP). IVPN on iOS uses V2RAY. Those protocols allows to reliably bypass censorship. Proton on the other hand only has Stealth, which is unreliable and often disconnects.

    Request : Add a censorship-resitant technology such as V2RAY or UPD-over-TCP.

    Sources:

    https://github.com/mullvad/udp-over-tcp
    https://github.com/v2fly/v2ray-core
    https://github.com/ivpn/ios-app/tree/main/IVPNClient/Models/V2Ray

    498 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    17 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

13. make the VPN work in Russia

    VPN does not work in Russia, stealth protocol and alternative routing do not help

    14 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    2 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

14. P2P

    Please add torrenting support in the free plan. Thank you.

    7 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    2 comments  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

15. Show Hosting Provider Info in Server List

    Please add hosting provider info directly in the ProtonVPN app, displayed alongside the server name (e.g. PL#81 – DataCamp).

    Or even better, add categories for hosting providers, just like cities currently are, so users can quickly find all servers from a specific provider that work best with their ISP.

    For example, my ISP performance varies by provider:
    
    - Excellent with Datacamp Limited (DataPacket)
    - Decent with PV-SL-HOSTED-Warsaw-Network
    - Terrible with M247

    Currently, I have to connect to multiple servers and check my IP info to find a provider that works well, which wastes several minutes and is very annoying.

    Mullvad shows hosting provider info, but only on their website, which isn’t ideal.

    ProtonVPN should make this visible directly in-app.

    This feature would save time, improve usability, and make server selection much clearer.

    Please add hosting provider info directly in the ProtonVPN app, displayed alongside the server name (e.g. PL#81 – DataCamp).

    Or even better, add categories for hosting providers, just like cities currently are, so users can quickly find all servers from a specific provider that work best with their ISP.

    For example, my ISP performance varies by provider:
    
    - Excellent with Datacamp Limited (DataPacket)
    - Decent with PV-SL-HOSTED-Warsaw-Network
    - Terrible with M247

    Currently, I have to connect to multiple servers and check my IP info to find a provider that works well, which wastes several minutes and is very annoying.

    Mullvad… more

    17 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  New feature  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

16. Fix Custom DNS on Linux and Windows

    Custom DNS on Linux and Windows Does not work. The custom DNS address is ignored, and DNS requests are still sent via Proton servers.

    It works on Android (although after some time it seems to revert to Proton DNS servers until I disconnect and reconnect, when it starts working again).

    This needs resolving please.

    18 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    1 comment  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

17. User Interface Refresh for Fire TV/Android TV + inclusion of profiles

    A major overhaul/refresh of the Fire/Android TV apps to bring in some cohesion with Apple TV, Windows and phone apps.

    Also to include profile options like Fastest Location (excluding my country) for the TV apps. If not profiles, at least the Fastest Location (ex.) option.

    6 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    2 comments  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

18. Missing data transfer notification option

    In the notification area, only the country and total upload/download and speed since the start of using the application are displayed. It would be great if there was an option in the settings to specify, for example, daily download/upload or weekly or monthly or select a date from when to when. This option would be great for tracking a monthly data plan

    4 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    1 comment  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

19. Netshield ad blocker - add possibility to whitelist domains/subdomains

    I need to deactivate the ad-blocker in Netshield when I visit certain websites (eg. Google Analytics). Please add the possibility to whitelist some domains/subdomains so we don't have to disable this feature.

    9 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating

20. Mock gps

    A vpn feature known usually as mock GPS.
    It would have different options such as masking your GPS location to match your vpn ip address or to a specific location.

    Such as the browser extension cloaq on desktop or the Mock GPS Location app on the Play Store.
    There is also a simple version included in Surfshark that only uses the matching option.

    16 votes

    Vote Vote Vote Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Vote

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    0 comments  ·  Changes to existing features  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    Not at all You must login first! Important You must login first! Critical You must login first!

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    Close

    Close

    Submit Rating