It looks like that may the case. I'm using PIA so I don't get it, though. It's also happening with Mullvad. I've tried running wireguard in the host os and disabling the vpn for rtorrent and the same thing is happening.
The supervisord.log is not giving much detail.
2021-02-28 14:35:51,147 DEBG 'watchdog-script' stdout output:
[debug] Checking we can resolve name 'www.google.com' to address...
2021-02-28 14:37:51,264 DEBG 'watchdog-script' stdout output:
[debug] Having issues resolving name 'www.google.com'
[debug] Retrying in 5 secs...
If I disconnect rtorrent and wait a while the connection gets responsive in the OS again.
The connection is also dropping when torrenting from a windows machine using the same vpn.
I guess it's pretty much out of your hands to do anything about this. If you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear it, though.
Regards.