This is a WIDESPREAD problem with older macbooks with replaced batteries, e.g. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbookpro-mid-2015-mds_stores-or-configd-cpu-high-load.2380126/page-4 Give it a go with some solutions from the topic above. Another alternative: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/15n1q3y/how_to_improve_an_intel_macbooks_battery_life_by/ Apple is too courageous to care about such minuscule problems that affect only a couple million of Pro users. New emojis await!

Still present and somewhat exuberated behaviour in 13.6, cannot use ANY VPN on any connection (wifi, 4g etc) for more than 1-2 minutes before the connection hangs. It was totally fine for couple months, but the latest Ventura update brought the issue back. Apple hasn't updated my bug report for more than 6 months. I tried every recipe from this topic, no avail. Anyone found a reliable way to fix it?

Ventura 13.2.1, VPN (any protocol) is simply unusable as it dies randomly and only manual reconnection helps. It's beyond frustrating, I cannot use any of my VPN providers on ANY connection! More details: https://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=5614432642138112