Bug 1797852

Summary:	[RFE] Provides runtime DHCP client status
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Gris Ge <fge>
Component:	NetworkManager	Assignee:	NetworkManager Development Team <nm-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	8.3	CC:	acardace, atragler, bgalvani, lrintel, rkhan, sukulkar, thaller
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	FutureFeature
Target Release:	8.2
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Gris Ge 2020-02-04 03:25:37 UTC

Description of problem:

Currently, only after a profile been fully activated, the `NM.ActiveConnection.get_dhcp4_config()` can return DHCP client information.

Besides that, please provides below information:
 * Run-time DHCP status, state or state flag: DHCP running, DHCP failed, DHCP finished.
 * Run-time DHCP configurations: whether apply routes, gateway, dns.
 * The NM.ActiveConnection.get_ip4/6_config() provides:
   * Runtime IP method: auto, dhcp, autoconf, manual, link-local, disabled.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-1.22.6-1.el8

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Comment 3 Gris Ge 2021-03-03 03:01:28 UTC

The work is extensive in NetworkManager and the user of nmstate are happy with current status.