Deactivating a Network Extension

App & System Services Drivers
Babse OP
Created Aug ’20
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After using OSSystemExtensionRequest deactivationRequestForExtension for Network Extension and after a reboot the extension is still seen with the status "uninstalling"

so it looks like we require 2 reboots for deactivating the Extension.

is it a known behaviour for system extension?
how to achieve this with only 1 reboot programatically (not via systemextensionsctl reset) ?


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Systems Engineer OP
Apple
Aug ’20
If you delete the container app and you enter the password during this time it should enqueue the Network System Extension to be removed on next reboot. You can also try using systemextensionsctl uninstall <uuid/sysex name> to enqueue for removal on reboot. I would not have expected this to take two reboots to complete.

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
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Babse OP
Aug ’20
thankyou.

there are 2 states/messages seen on systemextensionsctl list comand:

  1. on deactivation without reboot: "terminated waiting to uninstall on reboot"

  2. on deactivation after reboot: "uninstalling"

so the confusion .
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Babse OP
Aug ’20
fine matt . will try out . thank you.
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Systems Engineer OP
Apple
Aug ’20

on deactivation without reboot: "terminated waiting to uninstall on reboot"

In this stage you should be able to verify that the process of your sysex is not running anymore and is waiting to be uninstalled.

on deactivation after reboot: "uninstalling"

This one is a bit more confusing. Check to make sure that the process is not hung somehow by looking for the Network Extension name in the Activity Monitor.

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
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mdolan OP
Aug ’20
I don't know if this is the same situation I had early on, but when I was in the compile/link/install/run/uninstall/repeat loop, if I didn't reboot after the uninstall, that removal would queue up. After half a dozen or so loops, I'd have a list of extensions ready to uninstall on reboot. I'd reboot and one would be gone, reboot again and another would be gone. I'd have to keep rebooting to get rid of them one by one.

Like I said, this was a while ago and I've gotten into a habit of either restarting the VM or restoring the snapshot. Not sure if this is what you're seeing or not.
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Systems Engineer OP
Apple
Aug ’20
A good point brought up here is also testing Network System Extension on a Virtual Machine. That way you can start from a fresh install and wipe it away this install if you find that you run into problems that you are not able to recover from.

Matt Eaton
DTS Engineering, CoreOS
meaton3@apple.com
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Babse OP
Aug ’20
This one is a bit more confusing. Check to make sure that the process is not hung somehow by looking for the Network Extension name in the Activity Monitor.

  • I had rebooted and sure the process is not running in activity monitor . so it ws surprising.


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megabeacon OP
Mar ’23

I'm having a similar issue.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254685343

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