@@ -877,6 +877,13 @@ use this command:

   remote SKIP

+Starting OpenVPN version 2.6 (management version > 3), skip

+multiple remotes using:

+

+  remote SKIP n

+

+where n > 0 is the number of remotes to skip.

+

 COMMAND -- proxy  (OpenVPN 2.3 or higher)

 --------------------------------------------

@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ management_callback_remote_cmd(void *arg, const char **p)

         {

             flags = CE_MAN_QUERY_REMOTE_SKIP;

             ret = true;

+            c->options.ce_advance_count = (p[2]) ? atoi(p[2]) : 1;

         }

         else if (!strcmp(p[1], "MOD") && p[2] && p[3])

         {

@@ -563,18 +564,28 @@ next_connection_entry(struct context *c)

                         c->c1.link_socket_addr.remote_list;

                 }

+                int advance_count = 1;

+

+                /* If previous connection entry was skipped by management client

+                 * with a count to advance by, apply it.

+                 */

+                if (c->options.ce_advance_count > 0)

+                {

+                    advance_count = c->options.ce_advance_count;

+                }

+

                 /*

                  * Increase the number of connection attempts

                  * If this is connect-retry-max * size(l)

                  * OpenVPN will quit

                  */

-                c->options.unsuccessful_attempts++;

+                c->options.unsuccessful_attempts += advance_count;

+                l->current += advance_count;

-                if (++l->current >= l->len)

+                if (l->current >= l->len)

                 {

-

-                    l->current = 0;

+                    l->current %= l->len;

                     if (++n_cycles >= 2)

                     {

                         msg(M_FATAL, "No usable connection profiles are present");

@@ -583,6 +594,7 @@ next_connection_entry(struct context *c)

             }

         }

+        c->options.ce_advance_count = 1;

         ce = l->array[l->current];

         if (ce->flags & CE_DISABLED)

@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ struct options

     bool advance_next_remote;

     /* Counts the number of unsuccessful connection attempts */

     unsigned int unsuccessful_attempts;

+    /* count of connection entries to advance by when no_advance is not set */

+    int ce_advance_count;

     /* the server can suggest a backoff time to the client, it

      * will still be capped by the max timeout between connections

      * (300s by default) */