diff -U2 -r /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/upstream-unpacked/Source0/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.cpp /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/srpm-unpacked/i2pd-openssl.tar.gz-extract/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.cpp
--- /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/upstream-unpacked/Source0/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.cpp	2026-09-02 01:11:13.000000000 +0000
+++ /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/srpm-unpacked/i2pd-openssl.tar.gz-extract/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.cpp	2026-09-02 00:38:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -484,5 +484,4 @@
 	void I2PUDPServerTunnel::Start ()
 	{
-		m_IsStarted = true;
 		m_LocalDest->Start ();
 
@@ -555,9 +554,4 @@
 	void I2PUDPServerTunnel::Stop ()
 	{
-		// a config reload builds a second tunnel object and drops it when the same
-		// one is already there. Its destructor must not reset the receiver of the
-		// live tunnel: they share the datagram destination
-		if (!m_IsStarted) return;
-		m_IsStarted = false;
 		if (m_StatsTimer) m_StatsTimer->cancel ();
 		if (m_CleanupTimer) m_CleanupTimer->cancel ();
@@ -616,5 +610,4 @@
 	void I2PUDPClientTunnel::Start ()
 	{
-		m_IsStarted = true;
 		UDPConnection::Start ();
 		// Reset flag in case of tunnel reload
@@ -651,6 +644,4 @@
 	void I2PUDPClientTunnel::Stop ()
 	{
-		if (!m_IsStarted) return; // see the comment in I2PUDPServerTunnel::Stop
-		m_IsStarted = false;
 		if (m_KeepAliveTimer) m_KeepAliveTimer->cancel ();
 		if (m_StatsTimer) m_StatsTimer->cancel ();
diff -U2 -r /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/upstream-unpacked/Source0/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.h /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/srpm-unpacked/i2pd-openssl.tar.gz-extract/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.h
--- /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/upstream-unpacked/Source0/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.h	2026-09-02 01:11:13.000000000 +0000
+++ /var/lib/copr-rpmbuild/results/i2pd-git/srpm-unpacked/i2pd-openssl.tar.gz-extract/i2pd-openssl/libi2pd_client/UDPTunnel.h	2026-09-02 00:38:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -195,5 +195,4 @@
 			uint16_t m_inPort;
 			bool m_Gzip;
-			bool m_IsStarted = false; // a tunnel that never started shares nothing to tear down
 			uint32_t m_NumRawNoSession = 0;
 			size_t m_MaxWindow = I2P_UDP_MIN_MAX_NUM_UNACKED_DATAGRAMS;
@@ -266,5 +265,4 @@
 			bool m_cancel_resolve;
 			bool m_Gzip;
-			bool m_IsStarted = false; // see the comment in I2PUDPServerTunnel
 			i2p::datagram::DatagramVersion m_DatagramVersion;
 			std::shared_ptr<UDPConvo> m_LastSession;