#Issues with iwd configurations

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dull narwhal
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So to start off with, I am not sure where to ask about this, but I am having some issues with using iwd as my NetworkManager backend. This was done following the recommendations on the Framework Laptop 16 wiki page, and until Thursday, it was pretty stable. The issue comes that now it seems to be repeatedly deleting my configuration files for my university network (WPA2 Enterprise, EAP-PEAP, MSCHAPv2). So far, I have not found a pattern other than a loss of network connection, followed by looking in /var/lib/iwd/ and finding both files missing. At that point, I rewrite them and find that I can connect again, only to have it repeat the next time. I have already looked through the unit journals and have found nothing that seems consistent. There was a core dumps that came back online without issue, a couple of loading errors for the corresponding 8021x files, a number of wiphy_estimate_data_rate() failures, and some oddities with authentication on an inconsistent basis.

System information:
AMD RZ616

$ pacman -Q linux linux-firmware networkmanager iwd
linux 6.12.10.arch1-1
linux-firmware 20250109.7673dffd-1
networkmanager 1.50.2-1
iwd 3.3-1

$ uname -a
Linux darkstar 6.12.10-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:26:57 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

There is also a dual boot with Windows 11 24H2, but there has been no apparent relation to moving between them and encountering this issue.

I have also done a cursory search and didn't find anything that seemed to be related to the particular issue here.

fathom cypress
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it deletes it everytime you reboot right?

dull narwhal
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Not necessarily just on reboots. I had an instance where it deleted with no reboot.

fathom cypress
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well first and for most copy the config files

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in case it deletes it again

dull narwhal
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I did that when I fixed it this last time, but for whatever reason didn't think about it before.

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And putting them back each time seems to work, but I also have the feeling that it shouldn't normally be doing this...

fathom cypress
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it probably shouldnt

dull narwhal
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And that it hasn't been doing it until recently suggests the same thing.

fathom cypress
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well we could get the process that is deleting the file

dull narwhal
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Got an audit set on that directory watching for write and append accesses.