After internet outage, WAN IP address is showing "dhcp"

[carstenp]

I have had an internet outage. OPNsense (21.7. was happily continuing to work, but in the interface section I saw that the WAN IP address was simply showing 'dhcp' instead of my external IP.

Eventually, the internet came back. My cable modem was back online, but OPNsense continued to show 'dhcp'. I waited for probably 30min.

So here's my question:

Will OPNsense ever try to renew the WAN ip address itself, or can this only be fixed with a reboot? Which obviously is less than optimal. If I am not home, no one else will be able to bounce the box gracefully and the family would yell at me, until I get home.
I was able to get a new WAN IP address by pressing the "reload" button in the interfaces, overview section.