Mac OS Ventura 13.2.1

panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff8019b31941): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from WindowServer in 120 seconds

service: logd, total successful checkins in 20619 seconds: 2055, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago

service: WindowServer, total successful checkins in 20586 seconds: 2035, last successful checkin: 120 seconds ago

service: remoted, total successful checkins in 20619 seconds: 2053, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago

service: opendirectoryd, total successful checkins in 20619 seconds: 2054, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago

service: configd, total successful checkins in 20619 seconds: 2054, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago


Panicked task 0xffffff9f7fedadf0: 3 threads: pid 121: watchdogd

Backtrace (CPU 4), panicked thread: 0xffffff911b9d70c8, Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8a59bc7590 : 0xffffff80167eb38d

0xffffff8a59bc75e0 : 0xffffff8016958ed6

0xffffff8a59bc7620 : 0xffffff8016948120

0xffffff8a59bc7670 : 0xffffff8016785951

0xffffff8a59bc7690 : 0xffffff80167eb66d

0xffffff8a59bc7780 : 0xffffff80167ead19

0xffffff8a59bc77e0 : 0xffffff8016fe07f3

0xffffff8a59bc78d0 : 0xffffff8019b31941

0xffffff8a59bc78e0 : 0xffffff8019b315e0

0xffffff8a59bc7900 : 0xffffff8019b306c9

0xffffff8a59bc7a30 : 0xffffff8016f53d4a

0xffffff8a59bc7b90 : 0xffffff80168ffb29

0xffffff8a59bc7ca0 : 0xffffff80167c2c99

0xffffff8a59bc7d50 : 0xffffff80167dbbd2

0xffffff8a59bc7dc0 : 0xffffff80167dc2da

0xffffff8a59bc7ef0 : 0xffffff801692a71a

0xffffff8a59bc7fa0 : 0xffffff8016785db6

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.watchdog(1.0)[A0D45B98-9CEC-33FB-8E19-3AEBEC002241]@0xffffff8019b2f000->0xffffff8019b31fff


Process name corresponding to current thread (0xffffff911b9d70c8): watchdogd


Mac OS version:

22D68


Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 22.3.0: Mon Jan 30 20:42:11 PST 2023; root:xnu-8792.81.3~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 10E5D254-4A37-3A2A-B560-E6956A093ADE

roots installed: 0

KernelCache slide: 0x0000000016400000

KernelCache base: 0xffffff8016600000

Kernel slide: 0x00000000164dc000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff80166dc000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8016500000

System model name: MacBookPro16,1 (Mac-E1008331FDC96864)

System shutdown begun: NO

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 22, 2023 02:26 AM

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Apr 26, 2023 11:17 AM in response to pliukait

There is no reason to ever install or run any 3rd party "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus, VPN or security apps on your Mac.  This documents describe what you need to know and do in order to protect your Mac: Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community and Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support.  


There are no known viruses, i.e. self propagating, for Macs.  There are, however, adware and malware which require the user to install although unwittingly most of the time thru sneaky links, etc.   


Anti Virus developers try to group all types as viruses into their ad campaigns of fear.  They do a poor job of the detecting and isolating the adware and malware.  Since there are no viruses these apps use up a lot of system resources searching for what is non-existent and adversely affect system and app performance.


There is one app, , which was developed by a long time contributor to these forums and a highly respected member of the computer security community, that is designed solely to seek out adware and known malware and remove it.  The free version is more than adequate for most users.  


Uninstall Avira according to the developer's instructions.


Mar 22, 2023 03:37 AM in response to Aibek_Akmatov

What you are showing is a kernel panic report.


These may make sense for engineers, but we need more information. Does this happen repeatedly? What circumstances seem to trigger it?


A kernel panic may be due to hardware failure or a software conflict. In order to have a chance at diagnosing this, Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here.

Use the “additional text” button and paste the report into the text box.

Apr 26, 2023 08:46 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I am getting this error as well when powering on my Mac mini. I ran Etrecheck as you requested.


Which information from the report are you looking to see, there's lots of stuff in the report.


Diagnostics Information (past 7-30 days):

    2023-04-26 11:21:45 Kernel Panic (4 times)

        Details:

            panic(cpu 2 caller 0xfffffe0019e69958): userspace watchdog timeout: no

             successful checkins from WindowServer in 120 seconds

            Panicked task 0xfffffe24d76aebf8: 1411 pages, 4 threads: pid 341: watc

            hdogd

Apr 26, 2023 03:08 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks for the reply, but you didn't name the app you mentioned here:

There is one app, , which was developed by a long time contributor to these forums and a highly respected member of the computer security community, that is designed solely to seek out adware and known malware and remove it.  The free version is more than adequate for most users.  


Apr 28, 2023 06:19 AM in response to Old Toad

Uninstalled Avira and still the same exact issue, upon power up, a crash with no successful checkins from WindowServer in 120 seconds.


I have 5 external disks attached to this mini, two directly into the USB ports on the mini, and three via an external dock. The dock is attached to the mini via the USB-C port, and inside the dock is an SSD, the other two disks are attached to the dock.


When I power up the mini without the two disks attached to the dock, the mini does not crash. Only when I try to power up with all 5 disks at the same time does it crash.


Apr 28, 2023 11:03 AM in response to Old Toad

No, the dock gets its power via a USB-C port that is connected to the mini's USB-C port. The dock is an AGPTEK USB-C Docking Station & Stand for Mac Mini with SATA SSD/HDD Slot, TF/SD Card Readers USB 3.0/2.0 for Mac Mini 2018 or above.


I unplugged the two external drives from the dock, and everything powered up fine, the mini with two external drives, the dock, with its internal SSD.


It's just when I have the other two external drives attached to the dock does powering everything up at once causes the issue. I'll have to do some more testing to see if I can isolate it to one of the two drives. I have my doubts that it is a drive problem.


The weird thing is, when the crash happens, it automatically restarts, and everything works fine after that. I would have thought if it were a drive problem, then restarting would give the same issue.



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