VPN & Downloads tile shows tunnel state and leak status at a glance
Posted by tomspark
SparkBox 1.5.12 ships with a new bento tile on your dashboard home (when Media Center is enabled) that actually tells you whether your torrent traffic is protected. The tile shows tunnel state, your exit IP and location, qBittorrent routing status, and kill switch state — with a green or red verdict at the top so you can verify in one second instead of SSH-ing in. It auto-refreshes every 60 seconds and has a Recheck Now button if you want to force an immediate probe. Why this matters: I built SparkBox to be hands-off, but the one thing people were checking manually via SSH was "is my VPN actually working?" Now you can see it on the dashboard like everything else. The backend does parallel IP lookups from inside both gluetun and qBittorrent containers and compares them against your host IP to catch any leakage. Highlights: • Green/red verdict at the top — glance and know • Shows tunnel state, exit location, qBittorrent routing, and kill switch status • Auto-refresh every 60s + manual Recheck Now button • Parallel probes detect IP leaks before they reach your ISP Head to the Updates tab in your dashboard to pull the latest version. If something looks wrong, post in d/sparkbox. --- Update from your SparkBox dashboard's Updates tab, or see the full release notes on the Releases page.