Failure to connect, but killswitch created. Disabling killswitch errors.

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After recent updates to Fedora KDE spin, VPN fails to connect, but creates a "pvpn-killswitch" connection despite being turned off in config. Killswitch can be turned on, but not off.

Output when running 'protonvpn connect':

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/tasks.py", line 488, in wait_for
    return await fut
           ^^^^^^^^^
asyncio.exceptions.CancelledError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/protonvpn", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/__init__.py", line 170, in main
    app(
    ~~~^
        obj=Params(
        ^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<4 lines>...
        args=cli_args
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1157, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 33, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/core/run_async.py", line 31, in wrapper
    return asyncio.run(func(*args, **kwargs))
           ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/runners.py", line 204, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/runners.py", line 127, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/base_events.py", line 719, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/commands/server.py", line 140, in connect
    connection_state = await controller.connect(server)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/core/controller.py", line 452, in connect
    connector = await self.get_vpn_connector()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/core/controller.py", line 531, in get_vpn_connector
    vpn_connector = await self._api.get_vpn_connector()
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/core/api.py", line 69, in get_vpn_connector
    self._vpn_connector = await VPNConnector.get(
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<3 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/core/connection.py", line 100, in get
    await connector.initialize_state()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/core/connection.py", line 296, in initialize_state
    await self._update_state(state)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/core/connection.py", line 517, in _update_state
    new_event = await self._current_state.run_tasks()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/connection/states.py", line 196, in run_tasks
    await self.context.kill_switch.disable()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/backend/networkmanager/killswitch/wireguard/wgkillswitch.py", line 76, in disable
    await self._ks_handler.remove_killswitch_connection()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/backend/networkmanager/killswitch/wireguard/killswitch_connection_handler.py", line 270, in remove_killswitch_connection
    await self._remove_connection(_get_connection_id(permanent=False))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/backend/networkmanager/killswitch/wireguard/killswitch_connection_handler.py", line 289, in _remove_connection
    await _wrap_future(self.nm_client.remove_connection_async(connection))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/backend/networkmanager/killswitch/wireguard/killswitch_connection_handler.py", line 56, in _wrap_future
    return await asyncio.wait_for(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<2 lines>...
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/tasks.py", line 487, in wait_for
    async with timeouts.timeout(timeout):
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/timeouts.py", line 114, in __aexit__
    raise TimeoutError from exc_val
TimeoutError

Output when running 'protonvpn config set kill-switch off':

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/protonvpn", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/__init__.py", line 170, in main
    app(
    ~~~^
        obj=Params(
        ^^^^^^^^^^^
    ...<4 lines>...
        args=cli_args
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1157, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 33, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/core/run_async.py", line 31, in wrapper
    return asyncio.run(func(*args, **kwargs))
           ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/runners.py", line 204, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/runners.py", line 127, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.14/asyncio/base_events.py", line 719, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/commands/settings.py", line 189, in killswitch_command
    controller = await Controller.create(params=ctx.obj, click_ctx=ctx)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/core/controller.py", line 158, in create
    await controller.get_settings()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/cli/core/controller.py", line 217, in get_settings
    return await self._api.load_settings()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/core/api.py", line 85, in load_settings
    user_tier = self._session_holder.user_tier or 0
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/core/session_holder.py", line 102, in user_tier
    if self.session.loaded:
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/vpn/core/session_holder.py", line 93, in session
    self._session = self._proton_sso.get_default_session(
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        override_class=VPNSession
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    )
    ^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/sso/sso.py", line 195, in get_default_session
    sessions = self.sessions
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/sso/sso.py", line 140, in sessions
    cleaned_index = [account_name for account_name in keyring_index if len(self._get_session_data(account_name)) > 0]
                                                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/sso/sso.py", line 239, in _get_session_data
    data = self._keyring[self.__keyring_key_name(account_name)]
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/keyring/_base.py", line 65, in __getitem__
    return self._get_item(key)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/proton/keyring_linux/secretservice/secretservice_backend.py", line 56, in _get_item
    stored_data = self._backend.get_password(
        self.KEYRING_SERVICE,
        key
    )
  File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/keyring/backends/SecretService.py", line 84, in get_password
    return item.get_secret().decode('utf-8')
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^