RDP session not reconnecting VPN when unable to ping

I have an RDP session with Inherited VPN Open settings

The parent group is set to inherit VPN Open settings

The grandparent VPN settings

Open: Connect if unable to ping/scan

Type: Session

Session: a VPN object under the grandparent group

The VPN object settings

VPN type: Microsoft VPN

VPN name VPN1

Phonebook document: VPN Phonebook which is a file stored in the database

All of our sites are configured like this but in the VPN object for each site we put the IP for the correct VPN.

This means we do not have to maintain a phonebook file, just the VPN connections in RDM.

The PPP adapter will always be called VPN1 regardless of which VPN I am connected to which I think may be where my problem is coming from

When I connect to another site and then want to re-connect to the previous site, I right click the entry and select reconnect.

It shows connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and the spinning logo.

It is set to smart connect I can get around this by using reconnect method Full but I don't want the window to close and reopen and add the extra delay.

Does it not / should it not ping the host and if unavailable reconnect the VPN?