Yes, that's right, I have a log on deinit. So I'll disregard that log. But lets focus on the following This instance typically deallocates from memory when released, but if the instance has a retain cycle with itself, it fails to deallocate and wastes memory. Failure to deallocate can also cause the system to have two or more instances of your push provider, leading to inconsistent behavior. Is the above statement true? Is it possible to have a memory leak that causes two or more instances of NE provider running at one time? From my observation I've seen many instances of NE provider initializing with the same PID. Because I see them initializing with the same PID, I expect to see then deinitialize like any other object. Last question, when does the process, for the NE Provider, get shut down? Again, no debugger only console, or file logs.

Just a quick FYI: There's no cellular data on these phones, and the server that the app connects to is on a local network and not accessible from the Internet. Also, the app and extension were debugged using logs written to a file -- not through a debugger. They already include PID, but some improvement are being done to give clarity regarding different extension processes. Regarding the following: Case in point, it's easy to see how this would "look" like a problem: Device shows WiFi connectivity on the screen*. App is able to connect to your server. Local Push Connectivity Extension is NOT running. ...but that is NOT necessarily the case. The state above is normal and expected if: The Wifi radio is stuck in the state I described above. App is using one of our "modern" network APIs. The app being stuck is a result of the following "The Wi-Fi radio is stuck."" The QA team uses an app to detect the BSSID, which allows them to confirm if they have connected to the 2.4 GHz network. They also opened up a web browser and were able to connect to the internet. Given these facts would it then be correct to assume the wifi radio is not stuck in this scenario? I think there needs to be clarification on what it means for the Wifi radio to be stuck. There's the impression from the rest of the team that the Wi-Fi radio being stuck and being able to access the internet are mutually exclusive things, but from your comments it seems like it is not. Please clarify if this is true. Also would info in SCNetworkReachabilityFlags provide any additional context? "The app is using one of our "modern" network APIs."" Are you saying the current network API that I'm using is causing the extension to be stuck? Just to make sure we're all on the same page, what API's are you referring to? The key API that is of concern is NetworkExtension, specifically NEAppPushProvider. Is there any other specific API that I should be exploring? Are you suggesting that NEAppPushProvider is acting as it is expected to?

We've tested it and the phone connects to the 2.4 GHz network. We check the router to make sure, and we have UI in our app that shows that it's able to connect to the internet. But we also have UI to indicate that the extension is unable to connect to the internet. When observing the log for the extension, our NEAppPushProvider subclass is called to stop, with the NEProviderStopReason being 3: no network. We do not get a subsequent call to init and start(), the extension just sits there waiting. In your list, item 6, do you call it Extension2 because it should initialize a new push provider subclass when it joins the 2.5 ghz network? Just asking to confirm.

I'll add the system log and see what else could be discovered.

Though I didn't change over to system logs, I've did add the inclusion of the PID. I think with this new bit of info we can say that there are multiple instances of the PushProvider being made on the same PID. Could you provide me with more info as to why the system is doing this?

Here's a log that comes after the crash. Note the new PID. 2025-02-10 07:02:11.657 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 9FE76 2025-02-10 07:02:11.658 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 07:02:11.659 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed And then in an hour before it crashes we see this. It seems that more push providers are being created still. ** many redundant lines were removed due to character limit ** start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success B9979 2025-02-10 08:34:49.671 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.671 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.672 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success A6665 2025-02-10 08:34:49.672 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.672 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.672 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 2BD1F 2025-02-10 08:34:49.672 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.672 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.673 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 3F205 2025-02-10 08:34:49.673 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.673 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.673 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 6BA62 2025-02-10 08:34:49.674 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.674 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.675 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 3D807 2025-02-10 08:34:49.675 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.675 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.676 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 7C9B0 2025-02-10 08:34:49.676 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.676 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.676 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success E408B 2025-02-10 08:34:49.676 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.676 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.677 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success C21C1 2025-02-10 08:34:49.677 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.677 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.678 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 57EFC 2025-02-10 08:34:49.678 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.678 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.679 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success CF0A5 2025-02-10 08:34:49.679 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.679 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.679 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 85337 2025-02-10 08:34:49.679 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.680 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed 2025-02-10 08:34:49.680 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 71304 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 5D0E3 2025-02-10 08:34:49.680 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 71304 | success... 2025-02-10 08:34:49.680 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:145] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 71304 | 🔑 didLogIn --> Completed

I'm back with new logs. Just as a reminder, there's a 1-1 correspondence with the PushProvider subclass instantiated and the ExtensionConnectionInteractor. The interactor is only instantiated in the init of the PushProvider subclass. Below is how the log starts out. The last 5 characters, after connection success, are from a UUID to identify the instance of the interactor. As requested the PID was added to the log. 2025-02-06 15:17:11.241 [Debug] [ExtensionClient.swift:453] setAndBroadcastAuthenticationState(_:error:) > 🗒️🗒️🗒️ state: authenticated 2025-02-06 15:17:11.241 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:150] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️✅ Connection success 0D170 2025-02-06 15:17:11.242 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:89] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | success... Here's the system in the process of reconnection before it crashes. Note the date, it took about 3 days to get here. Note the same PID but separate instances of the interactor. This seems to imply multiple calls to instantiate the PushProvider subclass. ** many lines were removed due to character limit. But the lines are all calls from additional interactors trying to reconnect ** 2025-02-10 07:02:01.751 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) 9C171 2025-02-10 07:02:01.751 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.751 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.752 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) FD88C 2025-02-10 07:02:01.752 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.752 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.752 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) B5416 2025-02-10 07:02:01.753 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.753 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.754 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) 6C848 2025-02-10 07:02:01.754 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.754 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.754 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) 31276 2025-02-10 07:02:01.755 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.755 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.755 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) 51463 2025-02-10 07:02:01.755 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.756 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.756 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) CD715 2025-02-10 07:02:01.756 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.757 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.757 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) 21B76 2025-02-10 07:02:01.757 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.758 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.758 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) B46CF 2025-02-10 07:02:01.758 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.758 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.759 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) 4F224 2025-02-10 07:02:01.759 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.759 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.759 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) EDC79 2025-02-10 07:02:01.760 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating 2025-02-10 07:02:01.760 [Debug] [Authenticatable.swift:101] setupAuthenticationFlow(lifetime:) > PID: 65933 | 🔑 didConnect --> Registering Device 2025-02-10 07:02:01.760 [Debug] [ExtensionConnectionInteractor.swift:153] start(providerConfiguration:) > PID: 65933 | 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) D2257 2025-02-10 07:02:01.760 [Debug] [AuthenticationViewModel.swift:93] updateAuthenticationStatus(_:) > PID: 65933 | authenticating

As a general note on this, if you're doing your own logging I recommend including the pid in every log message. It takes up minimal space and I've seen way to many cases where it was the one detail that suddenly made everything clear. Will do, need to check my assumptions and include the PID. The exact behavior depend on the device state, but if the device has plenty of empty space and hasn't been rebooted, then the sysdiagnose will often to back 24+ hours. The one thing to be aware of is that the system does start purging data (particularly when space is constrained) and this purging is by system/subsystem, not just time. In concrete terms, many logs often go back a very long time but on closer inspection you'll find that there are significant process (like, "the kernel") missing from those older log messages. Regardless, the next step here is to pull the log data and see what you find. I read your posts on using the system log and I'm going to include them next since they'll be good to have in our release build. Right now in our debug builds we log to file in the documents directory. As a fast fix I added the PID to existing logs. Gotcha I'll be sure to get the critical information, PIDs and timestamps. They'll be in the next long term test in QA. I'll report back when I get something. Thank you.

I'll keep that in mind, but for my situation it takes approximately 4-8 hours for the issue to occur and I'm not sure if system log will go back that far. But let me give you an example of what I'm seeing. When I first init you'll see this > 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(AuthenticationStatus.connecting) > 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) > 🗒️⚡️ didLogIn Later I see it init 🗒️🪬🪬🗒️ MyPushProvider Init D6E50D82-3671-4ED9-BBA4-411F8FB854C4 Then I see the following > 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.connecting) > 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.connecting) > 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) > 🗒️ Connection status: Optional(ReplicaShared.AuthenticationStatus.authenticating) > 🗒️⚡️ didLogIn With ever init log, I'll see an additional print for the connection status. So after the 3rd MyPushProvider Init I'll see a third log, and so on. So it seems likely, at least from what I see, that there are multiple Push Providers in existence at once. I'm adding additional logs to keep track of which instances are giving out their status as well as what their provider info, such as provider configuration info. From the app, I only saved one configuration and it tracks to a minute or less before the first log where this push provider is initialized. Other than that there are no other saves to the push configuration manager. I feel pretty stuck because it doesn't seem like I control what calls MyPushProvider() You say you don't have specific experience with the NEAppPushProvider, is there a way to get into someone else who does? I'm pretty stuck, and if you can unstuck me then I'll be super grateful. Thanks.

This was the response I received from the Swift forum https://forums.swift.org/t/asyncstream-stops-yielding-values/75514 mbrandonw Brandon Williams 4m Hi @Biclops, if I'm reading your code correctly it seems that you are subscribing to an AsyncStream twice: once in setupAsyncWrites and once in waitForHandshakedone. Unfortunately AsyncStream does not support multiple subscribers. You can look into using AsyncChannel from the swift-async-algorithms package, but it's also subtly different. In particular, the channel.send method will suspend until someone consumes the value being emitted.