[GH-ISSUE #1714] Add better detection for wrong password failures #1453

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opened 2026-02-28 01:30:08 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:30:08 +03:00

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Originally created by @tablatronix on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/issues/1714

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*wm:[2] connectTimeout not set, ESP waitForConnectResult... 
[  6836][V][WiFiGeneric.cpp:362] _arduino_event_cb(): STA Disconnected: SSID: xxxx, BSSID: xxxxxxxxxx, Reason: 15
[  6837][D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:1039] _eventCallback(): Arduino Event: 5 - STA_DISCONNECTED
[  6844][W][WiFiGeneric.cpp:1061] _eventCallback(): Reason: 15 - 4WAY_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT
[  6851][D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:1081] _eventCallback(): WiFi Reconnect Running
WL_CONNECTION_LOST

Originally created by @tablatronix on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/issues/1714 My enviroment (unifi) ``` *wm:[2] connectTimeout not set, ESP waitForConnectResult... [ 6836][V][WiFiGeneric.cpp:362] _arduino_event_cb(): STA Disconnected: SSID: xxxx, BSSID: xxxxxxxxxx, Reason: 15 [ 6837][D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:1039] _eventCallback(): Arduino Event: 5 - STA_DISCONNECTED [ 6844][W][WiFiGeneric.cpp:1061] _eventCallback(): Reason: 15 - 4WAY_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT [ 6851][D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:1081] _eventCallback(): WiFi Reconnect Running WL_CONNECTION_LOST ```

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@tablatronix commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024):

This is ambiguous because 4WAY_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT is also a deauth and PMF failure mode, for retry timeout

is anyone a wifi engineeer? lol

@tablatronix commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024): This is ambiguous because 4WAY_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT is also a deauth and PMF failure mode, for retry timeout is anyone a wifi engineeer? lol