home-assistant / home-assistant/android

Home Assistant App not setting Client IP address correctly

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Description

**Home Assistant Android app version(s):**
2026.3.2-full
**Android version(s):**
16
**Device model(s):**
Pixel
**Home Assistant version:**
2026.3.2
**Last working Home Assistant release (if known):**
N/A
**Description of problem, include YAML if issue is related to notifications:**
I'm trying to access home assistant over VPN and this works fine in the browser but not in the app.
My reverse proxy has a block-list in place to only allow local traffic to home assistant.
In the reverse proxy logs I see the public IP of my phone in the logs when connected via vpn. In the firewall I can confirm that the majority of the traffic is actually coming from the local vpn IP address.
However I can also see that the App is managing to bypass my full tunnel wireguard vpn and I'm seeing a few requests on the firewall come directly from my phone IP to the reverse proxy.

If I force-on the vpn in android OS settings and block all other connectivity, the app fails to start entirely which is not confidence inspiring.

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