Reply To: Wi-Fi Assist & Private Wi-Fi Address causing frequent VPN drops on iOS

Rotating Private Wi‑Fi Address generates a new MAC address for every association event, so each mesh handoff looks like a brand‑new client to your tunnel endpoint and breaks split‑tunnel routing. Wi‑‑Assist compounds the problem by silently failing the connection over to cellular whenever the Wi‑Fi link quality dips during a roam.

– Settings ▸ Wi‑Fi ▸ [your trusted SSID] ▸ Private Wi‑Fi Address → Fixed (repeat for every trusted SSID)
– Settings ▸ Cellular ▸ Wi‑‑Assist → Off