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Internet connectivity loss when Secure DNS (DoQ) is enabled in OpenWrt DS-Lite setup #478

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Description

@vika-kr

Issue:
Internet connectivity is lost when Secure DNS is enabled with DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) in a DS-Lite environment using IPv6 or dual-stack mode (NextDNS / AdGuard).

Scenario:

  • DS-Lite WAN (IPv6-only underlay)
  • Secure DNS enabled
  • DoQ enabled
  • ipv6_disabled=0
  • dnsproxy listening only on IPv6 loopback (::1)
  • Upstream DNS configured over QUIC

Configuration:

/etc/config/dnsproxy

option ipv6_disabled '0'
list listen_addr '::1'
option enabled '1'

config dnsproxy 'tls'

    option enabled '1'
    option quic_port '853'

config dnsproxy 'servers'

    list bootstrap '2a07:a8c0::'
    list bootstrap '2a07:a8c1::'
    list upstream 'quic://dns.nextdns.io'

Observed Behavior:

  • Internet access is lost after enabling Secure DNS with DoQ.
  • DNS resolution fails, resulting in no connectivity for LAN clients.

Impact:

  • Complete internet outage for LAN clients when Secure DNS + DoQ is enabled.

Notes:

  • Issue occurs only with DoQ in DS-Lite.
  • IPv6 connectivity is present, but DNS resolution fails.

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