iPad OS App Won’t Connect to my Sources unless I use a VPN

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I could access all my library’s from every other source I tried, desktop, phone & even in safari on the same iPad but not the actual app…

This happened all of a sudden, it was working all day & then I paused for a while, came back and it just stopped working (on the app only)

I can’t quite pinpoint why, but after an hour or more of messing around with settings on my QNAP trying to fix it. I found using a VPN on my iPad “fixes” the issue… and makes the app able to access my libraries again.

Does anyone have a clue why this would be happening? I’ve never had an issue before and I use my iPad for Plex almost daily.

Only thing I did differently today was install the new .qpkg update but that was 10 hours previous to this happening.

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Did you try to sign out and back in on the iPad app? To refresh the session.

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Yes, tried switching accounts, uninstalling/ reinstalling, restarting. Ran all the usual bases but it’s still not working without running a VPN. Seems odd

4

What VPN? A commercial one (to contact/not contact some sites) or a personal one (like WireGuard, OpenVPN, Tailscale etc — access your home network remotely)?