Eddie Desktop 2.24 beta released

[Clodo 177]

On 12/11/2024 at 7:32 PM, jazzeyman said:

On Catalina, just like with 2.24.4, 2.24.5 won't connect to a server.  I just get an endless loop of connecting, disconnecting and restart in 3 seconds when choosing to Automatically connect to a server.  When I look at preferences there is no Wireguard under Protocols.

Please cause the endless loop, and Log > Lifebelt > "Upload to paste url" and paste here, thx.

[spinmaster 30]

9 hours ago, Clodo said:

Both problem are the SAME problem. Please cause the endless loop, and Log > Lifebelt > "Upload to paste url" and paste here, thx.

The "Upload to paste url" funcftion does not work (at least for me) in the latest beta - not sure if this is something local or a general problem. See screenshot for reference.

Anyway, I copied the logs to Pastebin myself: https://pastebin.com/XXPjsNqM

[jazzeyman 0]

spinmaster, I guess we're out of luck.  Hopefully they're just on vacation.

[spinmaster 30]

22 hours ago, jazzeyman said:

spinmaster, I guess we're out of luck.  Hopefully they're just on vacation.

Got to be patient, if it cannot be reproduced and you and me are the only ones reporting this issue ... tricky. I am in touch with Clodo and did another test with a custom Eddie build - hopefully this provides some more debug information so that the cause for that loop can be found.

[jazzeyman 0]

7 hours ago, spinmaster said:

On 12/28/2024 at 1:16 PM, jazzeyman said:

spinmaster, I guess we're out of luck.  Hopefully they're just on vacation.

Got to be patient, if it cannot be reproduced and you and me are the only ones reporting this issue ... tricky. I am in touch with Clodo and did another test with a custom Eddie build - hopefully this provides some more debug information so that the cause for that loop can be found.

I just use 2.24.2 for now.  Interesting that we have the same problem yet we are running completely different versions of Mac OS.

[rustintimberlake 13]

MacOS Ventura 13.7.2 on M2 here. Eddie 2.24.5 is having issues with Wireguard for me too. Sometimes Eddie gets disconnected and goes into an endless loop of trying to connect.

[spinmaster 30]

14 hours ago, jazzeyman said:

22 hours ago, spinmaster said:

I just use 2.24.2 for now.  Interesting that we have the same problem yet we are running completely different versions of Mac OS.

Well, since multiple Users have reported this "loop issue" on multiple macOS Versions, I'm not sure if is related to macOS at all. If you can confirm that it does not occur on the 2.24.2 beta and at least on 2.24.4 ongoing the issue seems to be in place: @Clodo did something change in the Eddie codebase regarding the initial Network connection between 2.24.2 and >=2.24.4?
 

13 hours ago, rustintimberlake said:

MacOS Ventura 13.7.2 on M2 here. Eddie 2.24.5 is having issues with Wireguard for me too. Sometimes Eddie gets disconnected and goes into an endless loop of trying to connect.

With "issues with Wireguard" you mean that this protocol is not available in the Settings - Protocol screen? Clodo had confirmed some days ago, that this is related to the "loop issue" (basically a follow-up issue due to the initial loop-bug ... at least this is how I understood it). You are speaking of "Sometimes Eddie ... goes into an endless loop": does this mean in some cases you can establish a connection on 2.24.5 and not getting stuck in this loop?

[rustintimberlake 13]

4 hours ago, spinmaster said:

You are speaking of "Sometimes Eddie ... goes into an endless loop": does this mean in some cases you can establish a connection on 2.24.5 and not getting stuck in this loop?

Majority of times Eddie connects fine but when it suddenly drops connection it can sometimes go into an endless loop. Sometimes it gets stuck on disconnecting and will not respond. The only way to fix it is to force kill Eddie. This can lead to more network problems requiring MacOS to be rebooted to fix it. Quite frustrating.

Last night I got so annoyed I uninstalled Eddie 2.24.5 and installed WireGuard client from Apple Store. It's been very stable so far.

[jazzeyman 0]

23 hours ago, spinmaster said:

Well, since multiple Users have reported this "loop issue" on multiple macOS Versions, I'm not sure if is related to macOS at all. If you can confirm that it does not occur on the 2.24.2 beta and at least on 2.24.4 ongoing the issue seems to be in place: @Clodo did something change in the Eddie codebase regarding the initial Network connection between 2.24.2 and >=2.24.4?
  With "issues with Wireguard" you mean that this protocol is not available in the Settings - Protocol screen? Clodo had confirmed some days ago, that this is related to the "loop issue" (basically a follow-up issue due to the initial loop-bug ... at least this is how I understood it). You are speaking of "Sometimes Eddie ... goes into an endless loop": does this mean in some cases you can establish a connection on 2.24.5 and not getting stuck in this loop?

I am fine on 2.24.2 but had the loop on 2.24.4 and 2.24.5 with Wireguard missing as a protocol as well.  I don't have any other VPN or anti-virus installed.

[Staff 10050]

Version 2.24.6 (Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:23:32 +0000)

• [change] [all] ISO 3166 break, changing "Taiwan, Province of China" into "Taiwan, Republic of China"
• [change] [all] New bootstrap endpoint
• [bugfix] [all] Bootstrap emergency urls fix
• [bugfix] [macOS] WireGuard issue
• [bugfix] [all] Minor fixes

If no other serious issues arise, this version will be released as stable within a few days. The remaining minor issues (IP Exit, Speed Chart, etc.) are under investigation and will be fixed in the next version.
Thank you.

[spinmaster 30]

macOS 15.2 / ARM
I can confirm that 2.24.6 fixes the "connection loop" issues (and the missing availability of WireGuard in the protocol settings) for me. Many thanks for digging into this bug and resolving!

[deltaman8 3]

On 12/11/2024 at 12:05 PM, deltaman8 said:

2.24.5, more info on the "UI freeze" issue.
I have recreated this 5 out of 5 times.

Mac, macOS Sonoma 14.7.1, Eddie 2.24.5
It has 4 user accounts. 1 Admin, 3 Standard.

Mac starts up with 1st user (Admin), Eddie gets started. UI shows on Desktop of 1st user.
2nd user (Standard) logs in via VNC. UI (on 1st users desktop) looks fine.
3rd user (Standard) logs in via VNC. UI (on 1st users desktop) looks fine.
4th user (Standard) logs in via VNC. UI (on 1st users desktop) freezes.

Log out any of the 3 users --> UI starts to work again.
Log in that user again --> UI freezes again.

2.24.6 still has this issue, and it has gotten worse.
In this version it only needs 2 additional users to trigger the UI freeze.

I sincerely hope that you will not release something as "stable" that has a freezing UI. (2.24.2 did not have these issues... the freezing issues started with 2.24.4.)

[Staff 10050]

On 1/11/2025 at 11:20 AM, deltaman8 said:

2.24.6 still has this issue, and it has gotten worse.
In this version it only needs 2 additional users to trigger the UI freeze.

I sincerely hope that you will not release something as "stable" that has a freezing UI. (2.24.2 did not have these issues... the freezing issues started with 2.24.4.)

Hello!

Thank you very much for your tests!

We understand your concern. However, we can’t postpone the release any further over an issue reported by a single user; otherwise, we would end up indefinitely delaying a version that fixes many more problems compared to the current stable release. The reported issue is under investigation anyway and we have also plans to drop the Mono framework completely: currently this is necessary for Eddie GUI and it could be a co-cause of the issue you reported.

Kind regards
 

[Staff 10050]

Hello!

Stable release is now available:Kind regards
 

[zsam288 37]

2 hours ago, Staff said:

Hello!

Thank you very much for your tests!

We understand your concern. However, we can’t postpone the release any further over an issue reported by a single user; otherwise, we would end up indefinitely delaying a version that fixes many more problems compared to the current stable release. The reported issue is under investigation anyway and we have also plans to drop the Mono framework completely: currently this is necessary for Eddie GUI and it could be a co-cause of the issue you reported.

Kind regards
 

Any timeline available on when we can expect mono to be dropped?

[acerxfhua 0]

I can confirm as @deltaman8 said, the UI on 2.24.6 is kinda laggy with just one user.
I actually had first used the portable version of the 2.24.6 and I noticed right away the it felt really laggy. So I decided to install it as I thought it could be portable version, but no.
Installed 2.24.6 with one user its laggy.