VPN kill switch, causing infinite hang of download

[stuser81]

In my VPN client (Linux), I have activated the kill switch feature so if VPN disconnects, internet connection is blocked.

When I start downloading a file like:

let opts =
      defaults
        & param "param1" .~ "foo"
        -- other params.

resp <- getWith opts "https://url.baz/to/get/endpoint"

(using wreq-0.5.4.3 which is using http-client underneath I believe)

• During download, I disconnect VPN. I'm expecting timeout.
• No timeout happens. I waited over 30 minutes. It's infinite hanged.
• Even after I connect VPN and rest of system (e.g. browser) gets the internet connection back, the infinite hang in Haskell program continues (download doesn't continue).

Any ideas on this?