Hotspot stops working after ~1 minute

[farao]

Not quite sure if it started after the last update (14.0.1) but my flx1s does not have stable Hotspot functionality anymore. Always after ~1m, the laptop loses connection first, then sees the wifi again but fails to connect again.

[vodidan]

I have the same issue.

Description:
When the Phosh hotspot is active on ap0, NetworkManager continues attempting to associate wlan0 with saved Wi-Fi networks. This causes two problems:

• wlan0 performs background scans every 30 seconds (bgscan simple:30:-65:300), taking the shared radio off-channel and disrupting clients connected to the hotspot.

• Failed association attempts on wlan0 compound the issue with repeated scanning/associating cycles.

Expected behavior: When the hotspot is activated, wlan0 client connections should be suspended or background scanning should be disabled, since ap0 and wlan0 share the same physical radio.

Observed behavior: Hotspot clients experience disconnections on a ~30 second cycle. Clients may become completely unable to join the hotspot during prolonged wlan0 association failure loops.

Evidence from NetworkManager journal:

device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-65:300'
device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(ap0) 10.42.0.60 ... iPhone   ← client connected fine

[etbe]

I'm experiencing what seems like a similar problem. My FLX1s works perfectly as a wifi client but when I run a hotspot the devices have problems connecting to it. I had an extended session this morning trying to connect a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen running Debian/Trixie and a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 running stock Android to it. Sometimes hotspot would work but only for a single device and the other would go in a loop of repeatedly trying to connect and failing. Below are some of the kernel messages from the Thinkpad running Debian when trying to connect.

Sometimes when a device connects it can work reliably for some time (like half an hour) but sometimes only a minute or two.

The FLX1s is running kernel 4.19.325-furiphone-radon.

2026-03-03T10:12:45.148558+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: authenticate with 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (local address=00:21:6b:f0:bc:48)
2026-03-03T10:12:45.152873+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (try 1/3)
2026-03-03T10:12:45.268635+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (try 2/3)
2026-03-03T10:12:45.376631+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (try 3/3)
2026-03-03T10:12:45.480569+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: authentication with 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb timed out
2026-03-03T10:12:56.412581+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: authenticate with 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (local address=00:21:6b:f0:bc:48)
2026-03-03T10:12:56.420542+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (try 1/3)
2026-03-03T10:12:56.524521+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (try 2/3)
2026-03-03T10:12:56.636822+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb (try 3/3)
2026-03-03T10:12:56.696616+11:00 dojacat kernel: wifi: authentication with 06:08:22:6c:c6:fb timed out

[4468947.103176] wifi: authenticate with 06:08:22:18:c5:fb (local address=00:21:6b:f0:bc:48)
[4468947.106579] wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:18:c5:fb (try 1/3)
[4468947.211153] wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:18:c5:fb (try 2/3)
[4468947.323376] wifi: send auth to 06:08:22:18:c5:fb (try 3/3)
[4468947.427299] wifi: authentication with 06:08:22:18:c5:fb timed out

2026-03-03T10:37:50.012474+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed beacons exceeds threshold, but receiving data. Stay connected, Expect bugs.
2026-03-03T10:37:50.012496+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed_beacons:60, missed_beacons_since_rx:1
2026-03-03T10:37:50.117378+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed beacons exceeds threshold, but receiving data. Stay connected, Expect bugs.
2026-03-03T10:37:50.117393+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed_beacons:61, missed_beacons_since_rx:1
2026-03-03T10:37:50.220890+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed beacons exceeds threshold, but receiving data. Stay connected, Expect bugs.
2026-03-03T10:37:50.220905+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed_beacons:62, missed_beacons_since_rx:1
2026-03-03T10:37:50.324467+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed beacons exceeds threshold, but receiving data. Stay connected, Expect bugs.
2026-03-03T10:37:50.324485+11:00 dojacat kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: missed_beacons:63, missed_beacons_since_rx:1