After deleting the dhcp6${UUID}-${IF}.lease file and reconnecting the interface the "starts" timestamp is now up to date. Not sure if this is relevant to the internals of dhclient though.
$ cat dhclient6-0775a2a6-a4a1-40bf-bd85-9c3068582dbc-wlp3s0.lease default-duid "\000\001\000\001\036z\001X\000\037;\275t\205"; lease6 { interface "wlp3s0"; ia-na 3b:bd:74:85 { starts 1458668291; renew 43200; rebind 69120; iaaddr 2a02:8011:2007::3 { starts 1458668291; preferred-life 86400; max-life 86400; } } option dhcp6.client-id 0:1:0:1:1e:7a:1:58:0:1f:3b:bd:74:85; option dhcp6.server-id 0:3:0:1:ec:43:f6:46:c0:80; option dhcp6.name-servers 2a02:8010:1:0:212:23:3:100; option dhcp6.unknown-16 0:0:d:e9:0:c:64:73:6c:66:6f:72:75:6d:2e:6f:72:67; } $ date +%F-%T --date='@1458668291' 2016-03-22-17:38:11 $ grep 0775a2a6-a4a1-40bf-bd85-9c3068582dbc timestamps 0775a2a6-a4a1-40bf-bd85-9c3068582dbc=1458668288 $ date +%F-%T --date='@1458668288' 2016-03-22-17:38:08 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1533631 Title: Failed to renew DHCPv6 lease after suspend Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After fixing IPv6 address assignment (#1469346), IPv6 works fine until sleep. On wake up ubuntu fails to renew its IPv6 lease: Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu dhclient: PRC: Renewing lease on wlp3s0. Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu dhclient: PRC: Rebinding lease on wlp3s0. Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu dhclient: XMT: Rebind on wlp3s0, interval 9890ms. Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu NetworkManager[796]: <info> (wlp3s0): DHCPv6 state changed bound -> unknown Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu dhclient: PRC: Address 2a02:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::b44 depreferred. Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu NetworkManager[796]: <info> (wlp3s0): DHCPv6 state changed unknown -> expire Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu NetworkManager[796]: <info> (wlp3s0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP client pid 1170 Jan 13 10:47:47 ubuntu NetworkManager[796]: <info> (wlp3s0): DHCPv6 state changed expire -> done I'm not sure that it's solely NetworkManager issue (dhclient could also be affected). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1533631/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp