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Coder Connect fails on workspace start; wgengine watchdog triggers

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop, networking

Research direction

Start with the attached full log and the Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor entries around the wgengine watchdog timeout during workspace start. Reproduce the failure on Windows and trace the Reconfig and Ping operations; done means Coder Connect lists the started workspace without the watchdog timeout.

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Description

bug coder-desktop networking

Returned to my Windows desktop and checked Coder Desktop tray app; Coder Connect was running, showing me all my stopped workspaces.

I started a workspace from the web and waited for it to come up.

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It shows Coder Connect running, but no workspaces.

In the log, it shows a wgengine watchdog failed:

2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: 2026/08/24 14:32:37 wgengine watchdog in-flight:
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230001]: name=Reconfig duration=45.021s start=2026-08-24T14:31:52.6181746+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230005]: name=Ping duration=41.864s start=2026-08-24T14:31:55.7744879+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230010]: name=Ping duration=31.864s start=2026-08-24T14:32:05.7744494+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230008]: name=Ping duration=36.864s start=2026-08-24T14:32:00.7747391+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230016]: name=Ping duration=16.863s start=2026-08-24T14:32:20.7754976+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230020]: name=Ping duration=6.864s start=2026-08-24T14:32:30.7745101+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230011]: name=Ping duration=26.864s start=2026-08-24T14:32:10.774435+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230014]: name=Ping duration=21.864s start=2026-08-24T14:32:15.7747705+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230022]: name=Ping duration=1.864s start=2026-08-24T14:32:35.7748122+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: in-flight[230018]: name=Ping duration=11.864s start=2026-08-24T14:32:25.7746242+02:00
2026-08-24 14:32:37.639 +02:00 [INF] Coder.Desktop.Vpn.Service.TunnelSupervisor - stderr: 2026/08/24 14:32:37 wgengine: watchdog timeout on Reconfig

Full log:
coder-desktop-service20260824.log

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