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Bug 1861919 - NetworkManager does not automatically reconnect when using iwd as wifi backend.
Summary: NetworkManager does not automatically reconnect when using iwd as wifi backend.
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 32
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lubomir Rintel
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: IoT
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-07-29 21:42 UTC by Jóhann B. Guðmundsson
Modified: 2021-05-25 16:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-05-25 16:36:10 UTC
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Description Jóhann B. Guðmundsson 2020-07-29 21:42:21 UTC 
Description of problem:
When using iwd as a wifi backend NetworkManager does not automatically re-connect to the available wifi once it has lost connection to it. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-1.22.14-1.fc32.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:

dnf install iwd

create the file /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/iwd.conf which contains 
[device]
wifi.backend=iwd

run 
systemctl disable --now wpa_supplicant
systemctl enable --now iwd
systemctl restart NetworkManager

Create a hotspot on your mobile phone. 
Connect using iwd as the wifi backend.
Disable the hotspot on your mobile phone
Enable the hotspot on your mobile phone

Actual results:
NetworkManager does not automatically re-connect to the hotspot


Expected results:
Same behaviour as it does with wpa_supplicant as the wifi backend.

Additional info:
Something we need to fix before switching to iwd as the wifi backend.
Comment 1 Martin Pitt 2021-02-01 10:40:43 UTC 
I recently reported bug 1915641 against iwd -- that may be a special case of this more general bug?
Comment 2 Fedora Program Management 2021-04-29 16:34:44 UTC 
This message is a reminder that Fedora 32 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 32 on 2021-05-25.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
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Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2021-05-25 16:36:10 UTC 
Fedora 32 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2021-05-25. Fedora 32 is
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