NetworkManager state change causes log spam every hour

I’ve been living for this for quite some time, but even though I have have set ~1 month leases on my DHCP server, every hour on the nose, it says there is a state change and the DHCP lease renews. This is also a wired CAT6 interface pretty close to the switch. And I’m confident this is not a hardware issue.

The most notable change from a default install regarding this, is I use a bridged interface for QEMU. But this all works perfectly fine, and has been for about 2 years. But the OCD part of me really wants to get rid of this log spam.

May 31 10:00:23 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685548823.3249] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 31 10:00:23 mbox dbus-daemon[877]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.6' (uid=0 pid=958 comm="/usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon")
May 31 10:00:23 mbox systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
May 31 10:00:23 mbox dbus-daemon[877]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
May 31 10:00:23 mbox systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
May 31 10:00:23 mbox audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
May 31 10:00:23 mbox kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1685548823.381:507): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
May 31 10:00:33 mbox systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 31 10:00:33 mbox audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
May 31 10:00:33 mbox kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1685548833.421:508): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='unit=NetworkManager-dispatcher comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'

So I will get chunk of that text, every hour on the nose.

May 30 16:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685484582.0576] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 30 17:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685488182.0276] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 30 18:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685491782.0276] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 30 19:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685495382.0274] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 30 20:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685498982.0275] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 30 21:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685502582.0277] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 30 22:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685506182.0277] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 30 23:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685509782.0277] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 31 00:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685513382.0279] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10
May 31 01:09:42 mbox NetworkManager[958]: <info>  [1685516982.0279] dhcp4 (br0): state changed new lease, address=10.2.4.10

This must be something simple I’m missing, since I’ve gone through thousands of package and kernel updates even relating to this over the last 2 years on this install. Searching for hours on end has not helped me solve this. I thought into going into looking at all the possible NetworkManager.conf options would help. But I’m still stumped.

Any ideas?

inxi -v7azy

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.30-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=310e0472-f96e-485c-8fa1-585bcccfb624 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    resume=UUID=9f5a3a86-21ad-4bcc-9db7-2377aee3d05c udev.log_priority=3
    amd_iommu=on vfio-pci.ids=10de:2216,10de:1aef video=efifb:off
    fbcon=rotate:1
  Desktop: GNOME v: 43.5 tk: GTK v: 3.24.37 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 44.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570S AERO G v: -CF serial: N/A
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570S AERO G serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends
    LLC. v: F4c date: 05/12/2022
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: available: 46.95 GiB used: 30.21 GiB (64.4%)
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 32 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMK16GX4M2D3600C18
    serial: N/A
  Device-2: DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2D3600C18 serial: N/A
  Device-3: DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2
    width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2D3600C18 serial: N/A
  Device-4: DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered)
    size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair part-no: CMK16GX4M2D3600C18
    serial: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+
    gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB
    L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2200 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled
    base/boost: 3700/4950 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
    volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200
    5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200 13: 2200
    14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200 17: 2200 18: 2200 19: 2200 20: 2200 21: 2200
    22: 2200 23: 2200 24: 2200 bogomips: 177685
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic
    extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt
    pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor
    svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl
    v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
    x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] vendor: VISIONTEK
    driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen
    process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
    link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:68f9 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: vfio-pci v: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 530.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-05) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 0c:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2216 class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nouveau unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1080x1920 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Acer XB241YU serial: <filter>
    built: 2017 res: 1080x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 91 gamma: 1.2
    size: 300x530mm (11.81x20.87") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series]
    vendor: VISIONTEK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa68 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: vfio-pci alternate: snd_hda_intel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 0c:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0e:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.30-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: n/a (root, process)
    with: pipewire-media-session status: active tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active (root, process) with:
    1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
    tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: igc v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 08:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: vnet2 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Message: Output throttled. IPs: 1; Limit: 10; Override: --limit [1-x;-1
    all]
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 13.65 TiB used: 4.71 TiB (34.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Samsung
    model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 3B2QEXM7 temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 24d 18h cycles: 671
    read-units: 8,694,008 [4.45 TB] written-units: 14,412,557 [7.37 TB]
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0B2QJXD7 temp: 52.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 6d 15h cycles: 138
    read-units: 11,707,327 [5.99 TB] written-units: 9,235,199 [4.72 TB]
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1
    family: Blue size: 5.46 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5700 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A80
    temp: 34 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 202d 19h cycles: 2245
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1 family: Blue size: 5.46 TiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD
    rpm: 5700 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A80 temp: 32 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 203d 3h cycles: 2246
    read: 3.81 TiB written: 18.58 TiB
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 896.78 GiB size: 896.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 426.29 GiB (47.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A uuid: 310e0472-f96e-485c-8fa1-585bcccfb624
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 568 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
    maj-min: 259:5 label: NO_LABEL uuid: 22BD-3A90
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 896.78 GiB size: 896.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 426.29 GiB (47.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A uuid: 310e0472-f96e-485c-8fa1-585bcccfb624
  ID-4: /mnt/hdd raw-size: 5.46 TiB size: 5.46 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 4.3 TiB (78.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: 79d7cd2a-98ea-4866-a9a9-e1a84e2e6ae1
  ID-5: /var/cache raw-size: 896.78 GiB size: 896.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 426.29 GiB (47.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A uuid: 310e0472-f96e-485c-8fa1-585bcccfb624
  ID-6: /var/log raw-size: 896.78 GiB size: 896.78 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 426.29 GiB (47.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A uuid: 310e0472-f96e-485c-8fa1-585bcccfb624
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 34.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:7 label: swap
    uuid: 9f5a3a86-21ad-4bcc-9db7-2377aee3d05c
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:8 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 9475-F14A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:9 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A
    uuid: N/A
  ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:10 size: 1.82 TiB fs: ntfs label: os-sdd
    uuid: FC2C79602C79173C
  ID-4: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 5.46 TiB fs: btrfs label: N/A
    uuid: 79d7cd2a-98ea-4866-a9a9-e1a84e2e6ae1
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1
    speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Integrated Express RGB LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5702 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-4: 3-6:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-6.1:4 info: Apple Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI)
    type: keyboard,mouse driver: apple,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 250mA
    chip-ID: 05ac:024f class-ID: 0301
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Logitech G303 Gaming Mouse type: mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c080 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 5-5:3 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Hub-7: 5-6:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-6.1:5 info: ATECH FLASH Multi-Reader type: mass storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 11b0:6369 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 42.5 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 500 Uptime: 23h 53m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: 1482 pm: pacman pkgs: 1474 libs: 361
  tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 8 Shell: Bash (sudo)
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: tmux: inxi: 3.3.27

I may of brushed over this a little quickly, inferring that this is only log spam.

For me to get everything working from the 5.15 to the 6.1 LTS kernel was a lot of work, the early 6.1 LTS versions were impossible to get everything working. Booting into my window manager, sure. But not what I needed to do from there.

I primarily use QEMU with VFIO/IOMMU (among many other only official Manjaro packages), and I do need this bridged interface. But now with the 6.1 kernel, which I thought I had 100% working, I experience random network sluggishness. At first I didn’t notice it, since it’s rare. But it was not there before. There are no errors/warnings in the host or guests relating to this. And I’m now in the process of logging all this while benchmarking the network, from the guests and host.

Eliminating this state change every hour, I thought was a good next step in troubleshooting this.

I’ve used NetworkManager in guests and workstations/laptops in the past plenty, but never for my main PC that hosts all my guests, or any server for that matter. (I’ve been running on this Manjaro install using NetworkManager fine for around 2 years). So I thought I’d reach out here for any ideas.

I might throw these up in case they are related …

https://serverfault.com/questions/1055942/different-dhcp-behavior-between-machines-using-networkmanager-and-not-using-netw

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/588333/networkmanager-keeps-connecting-and-disconnecting-how-can-i-fix-this

And ask if you use ipv6 and/or have you tried disabling it?

Been through hundreds (or possibly more) like it. Seems completely unrelated, at least to me anyway.

It’s enabled and working, but personally my apps :wink: rarely use it. I guess that’s worth a shot.