Well Denis, I've managed to track it down to this commit: commit ad228461abbfe1875e15624b2be0c1535e623307 Date: Fri Aug 27 05:02:03 2021 +0200 netconfig: Move loading settings to new method, refactor Split loading settings out of network_configure into a new method, network_load_settings. Make sure both consistently handle errors by printing messages and informing the caller. src/netconfig.c | 236 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- src/netconfig.h | 5 +- src/p2p.c | 12 ++- src/station.c | 20 +++-- 4 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-) I've done all the testing with AddressRandomization=network in main.conf. Cheers.