VPN disabled on my Pixel 7

You can use zygisk to hide root for specific apps, but you still need to find a way to hide your ‘bootloader unlocked status’ …

I never tried this.

I’m still on the regular December firmware and it’s not working for me either if that’s any consolation.

That’s why I don’t go for beta updates

It worked fine in the December beta. Just when it moved to January update it stopped working.