[BUG] Arch Empty Server Pool

[HowToCount]

I have this error on my Arch Linux after fresh install:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/protonvpn", line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point('protonvpn-cli==2.2.12', 'console_scripts', 'protonvpn')())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protonvpn_cli/cli.py", line 72, in main
cli()
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protonvpn_cli/cli.py", line 121, in cli
connection.fastest(protocol)
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protonvpn_cli/connection.py", line 180, in fastest
fastest_server = get_fastest_server(server_pool)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/protonvpn_cli/utils.py", line 180, in get_fastest_server
fastest_server = random.choice(fastest_pool[:pool_size])["Name"]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/random.py", line 347, in choice
raise IndexError('Cannot choose from an empty sequence')
IndexError: Cannot choose from an empty sequence

[ACR-Jeff]

Exact same issue in void linux
I've been using protonvpn-cli for some time, Today I tried to connect to any server and I get the exact errors above.

[Phoenix-999]

Same Problem

[ACR-Jeff]

Well I solved all of my problems with the help of one comment in Reddit, https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1bd1o4e/protonvpn_cli_api_not_working/kumk5x6/
open terminal and execute this command sudo protonvpn init
Type in your password, It will then follow through with some steps
I followed the instructions on protonvpn's website 2. Your OpenVPN username and password https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-openvpn#preparation
Then follow through with your other options such as free vpn or paid service, Etc.
After that everything works as expected on my end.

[ACR-Jeff]

Well shoot, It worked right after configuring, Now it's throwing errors on protonvpn status Going to have to check the errors.

ProtonVPN now offers an official Linux app which includes a graphical user interface. Visit https://protonvpn.com/support/official-linux-client to upgrade. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/protonvpn", line 33, in <module> sys.exit(load_entry_point('protonvpn-cli==2.2.12', 'console_scripts', 'protonvpn')()) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/protonvpn_cli/cli.py", line 72, in main cli() ~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/protonvpn_cli/cli.py", line 144, in cli connection.status() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/protonvpn_cli/connection.py", line 444, in status + "Features: {0}\n".format(all_features[feature]) ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^ KeyError: 16

[ACR-Jeff]

Well apparently protonvpn-cli still works with the above instructions, The only time I've gotten an error is while using protonvpn status I will continue to test.

[Tamaranch]

Ah yes, it works again. No need to reconfigure in my case, so the problem must have been with the upstream data format. protonvpn status also fails for me.

[Tamaranch]

And... broken again 😕

[ACR-Jeff]

Yep seems like proton is trying to go all out and lose customers

[ACR-Jeff]

Strange, Without doing anything now today I try it and it works again. Roller coaster ride?