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On my main Intel MBP I've had this same issue since Catalina. I just got a new M1 MBP, without all the Intel baggage, and still I have the issue.

On Big Sur 11.2 (just released as of Feb 1 2021), on my M1 Mac, I get a KP on reboot nearly every time...

Does anyone know what I can do to resolve this? I have constant KP on reboot!

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffe0031d09e90): watchdog timeout: no checkins from watchdogd in 304 seconds (10 totalcheckins since monitoring last enabled), shutdown in progress Debugger message: panic Memory ID: 0x6 OS release type: User OS version: 20D64 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.3.0: Thu Jan 21 00:06:51 PST 2021; root:xnu-7195.81.3~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101 Fileset Kernelcache UUID: F08F12DFF70C39DBC0CC09CC01116325 Kernel UUID: 9FE8C0DA-8ED0-381C-9CEC-2A779F3E1503 iBoot version: iBoot-6723.81.1 secure boot?: YES Paniclog version: 13 KernelCache slide: 0x0000000027298000 KernelCache base: 0xfffffe002e29c000 Kernel slide: 0x0000000027dcc000 Kernel text base: 0xfffffe002edd0000 Kernel text exec base: 0xfffffe002ee98000 mach_absolute_time: 0x7787dcf15 Epoch Time: sec usec Boot : 0x601856a9 0x000e99e1 Sleep : 0x60185a47 0x00067bbc Wake : 0x60185be5 0x0000d2a3 Calendar: 0x60185d7a 0x00058845 CORE 0 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f002c0c CORE 1 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f001748 CORE 2 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f002c0c CORE 3 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f002c0c CORE 4 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f002c10 CORE 5 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f002c10 CORE 6 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f002c10 CORE 7 recently retired instr at 0xfffffe002f002c10 Total cpu_usage: 31458363 Thread task pri cpu_usage 0xfffffe166ce4d960 kernel_task 0 8709148 0xfffffe166d105960 kernel_task 0 5400265 0xfffffe166d106c68 kernel_task 0 38 0xfffffe166d10dfb8 kernel_task 0 38 0xfffffe166d110658 kernel_task 0 7334253 Panicked task 0xfffffe166ce35f18: 53131 pages, 457 threads: pid 0: kernel_task Panicked thread: 0xfffffe166d105960, backtrace: 0xfffffe306750f8b0, tid: 465 lr: 0xfffffe002eee5fd0 fp: 0xfffffe306750f920 lr: 0xfffffe002eee5d9c fp: 0xfffffe306750f990 lr: 0xfffffe002f007f0c fp: 0xfffffe306750f9b0 lr: 0xfffffe002eff98b8 fp: 0xfffffe306750fa60 lr: 0xfffffe002ee9f7e8 fp: 0xfffffe306750fa70 lr: 0xfffffe002eee5a2c fp: 0xfffffe306750fe00 lr: 0xfffffe002eee5a2c fp: 0xfffffe306750fe70 lr: 0xfffffe002f6806a0 fp: 0xfffffe306750fe90 lr: 0xfffffe0031d09e90 fp: 0xfffffe306750fec0 lr: 0xfffffe0031d09640 fp: 0xfffffe306750ff00 lr: 0xfffffe003026d5d0 fp: 0xfffffe306750ff20 lr: 0xfffffe002fff2808 fp: 0xfffffe306750ffb0 lr: 0xfffffe002f5dd694 fp: 0xfffffe306750ffc0 lr: 0xfffffe002effc1bc fp: 0xfffffe306750ffe0 lr: 0xfffffe002ee9f85c fp: 0xfffffe306750fff0 lr: 0xfffffe002ef0ddac fp: 0xfffffe30b18b3ee0 lr: 0xfffffe002ef0dfb8 fp: 0xfffffe30b18b3f00 lr: 0xfffffe002eea8c14 fp: 0x0000000000000000 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.driver.AppleInterruptController(1.0d1)[B5629E50-71D8-3336-9FEB-315F74FD0954]@0xfffffe002fff0000->0xfffffe002fff3fff dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleARMPlatform(1.0.2)[53D29C42-BCB1-384D-BE79-DAB9ED503C6C]@0xfffffe002f7d8000->0xfffffe002f823fff com.apple.driver.watchdog(1.0)[03F48A25-3538-340A-B474-4374C1BB349B]@0xfffffe0031d08000->0xfffffe0031d0bfff com.apple.driver.AppleS5L8960XWatchDogTimer(1.0)[5390F79D-79C7-36D9-91A6-71E7A28C9661]@0xfffffe003026c000->0xfffffe003026ffff dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleARMPlatform(1.0.2)[53D29C42-BCB1-384D-BE79-DAB9ED503C6C]@0xfffffe002f7d8000->0xfffffe002f823fff dependency: com.apple.driver.watchdog(1)[03F48A25-3538-340A-B474-4374C1BB349B]@0xfffffe0031d08000->0xfffffe0031d0bfff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(47)[9ADDDDA4-EEC2-3CD1-9B10-6755522844FB]@0xfffffe00312e8000->0xfffffe00312ebfff last started kext at 2678695384: com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 (addr 0xfffffe002ed48000, size 16384) last stopped kext at 10417328523: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0 (addr 0xfffffe002ec38000, size 16384) loaded kexts: com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 com.apple.fileutil 20.036.15 com.apple.driver.AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver 4030.5 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 8.0.3d9 com.apple.driver.AppleBiometricServices 1 com.apple.driver.BCMWLANFirmware4378.Hashstore 1 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Update:

OK I've FINALLY been able to reliably reproduce this issue!!

Install Ruby with Home-brew.

Run "gem update".

Reboot and you'll see the panic.

I don't think it's a ruby issue, but something that running the non-system ruby causes issues...

So weird.

I've rebooted say 25 times, and only on the 3 I ran gem, did I see the issue.

Update2:

I can consistently reproduce it using a number of ways, and it's weird. All of these apps are installed via home-brew -

  1. Using ruby and then gem installed via home-brew, i.e. executing /opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin/ruby, then /opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin/gem, then rebooting - see KP.

  2. Executing "thef*ck" (https://github.com/nvbn/thef*ck) - see KP.

  3. Executing "pip3 list" installed via homebrew, i.e. "/opt/homebrew/bin/pip3 list" - see KP.

Update3 SOLVED:

My replication steps only work when my terminal emulator (iTerm/Terminal) was in added in "Developer Tools" section of Security & Privacy settings in macOS.

Removed them and I could not longer replicate.

This looks to be a bug in codesign/watchdogd/adhoc signatures. Where you remove the terminal from dev tools, you can see the signature check is performed and all is well.

If you have terminal in the "developer tools" category, certain tools (like the ones I describe in my post, ruby/pip), cause the OS to panic on reboot, as something ends up hanging.

Described further here: https://sigpipe.macromates.com/2020/macos-catalina-slow-by-design/

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  • Does this answer your question? Catalina crashing at shutdown: "watchdog timeout: no checkins from watchdogd" Commented Feb 1, 2021 at 20:26
  • @pkamb - no, there are no answers unforch. Participated in that thread too. Commented Feb 1, 2021 at 20:34
  • Probably not the case here, but a while back (starting on Catalina, but I confirmed the same at least on intel during big sur beta) while trying to figure out how much overhead syspolicyd assessments add to some build jobs I observed that adding the DeveloperTools security exemption for Terminal.app was causing most of my reboots to hang until watchdog killed them. Commented Feb 2, 2021 at 16:28
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    This solved it for me, thanks. I'd recommend you posting your update3 as an answer and mark it as solution, so that it's easier to identify. Commented Jun 18, 2022 at 14:34
  • No longer an issue on Ventura by the way. Commented Jul 2, 2023 at 15:23

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  1. Reboot into Safe Mode (Shift during boot) and see if the problem reoccurs. We are testing without third-party extensions and launch daemons and with a reduced set of Apple extensions in case one of the above is stalling reboot after watchdogd exits or if watchdogd itself is hung.

  2. If you have any external devices, dongles, or cables attached, can you shut down, disconnect them, boot without, and see if the problem reoccurs? Similar reasoning as in #1.

  3. Let’s see what the system log shows in the moments before this happens. Reproduce the issue, noting the date & exact system time (H:M:S) that you initiate a reboot. After you have to force a shutdown and reboot again, run the following in Terminal (substituting your actual date/time, in 24hr format, of the first reboot) and find a way to share the output with us:

    $ log show —-start="2021-02-01 23:45:12" —-info —-debug

UPDATE:

Let’s try to make the panic log richer. Run the following in Terminal:

$ sudo nvram boot-args="keepsyms=1"

and then reboot. Next time you panic, please attach the full panic log (via PasteBin or otherwise).

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  • Thanks for the help, 1 - still occurs in safe mode, but doesn't seem to occur with a totally fresh copy of macOS (with nothing installed and iCloud not logged into etc. 2 no dongles whatsoever 3 will do and post shortly - I only use regular user-space apps, homebrew, Xcode etc. nothing weird or wonderful Commented Feb 1, 2021 at 22:02
  • I found a way to reliably reproduce the issue. It's so strange. I have ruby gems installed with brew, and python. I have both in my path to avoid the system (old) macOS versions. If I make a new account I can restart 10's of times without issue, until I boot and type "gem" (calling the brew installed version), and then I will have the KP on reboot. Commented Feb 2, 2021 at 15:23
  • That’s an interesting finding. I’m not familiar with gem so I can’t speculate that side effects it may have. I am still interested in seeing your log output. Commented Feb 3, 2021 at 8:25
  • I've now found that anything calling into Ruby will cause this Kernel Panic, e.g. using home-brew to install anything from source, reboot after that, KP. will try and get logs Commented Feb 5, 2021 at 22:41
  • I just realized I had a typo in the nvram command above: keepsyms needs to be one word, no dash between ‘keep’ and ‘syms’. If you’ve already run the dashed version, it’s safe to run the corrected version and reboot. Looking forward to seeing the logs after. Commented Feb 6, 2021 at 9:04
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Have you tried a version manager such as chruby? Assume you migrated, so you're carrying some baggage. Can't be a common problem, but that doesn't help you. Many including me have run later Ruby version. I installed 3.0.0 and tried it. Main Rails app is still at 2.6 something, but I thought I'd use 3 for trials. MBP on Big Sur 11.2 (less important machine), iMac on Catalina. Good luck. Maybe it's a problem gem? Weird dependency.

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My replication steps only work when my terminal emulator (iTerm/Terminal) was in added in "Developer Tools" section of Security & Privacy settings in macOS.

Removed them and I could not longer replicate.

This looks to be a bug in codesign/watchdogd/adhoc signatures. Where you remove the terminal from dev tools, you can see the signature check is performed and all is well.

If you have terminal in the "developer tools" category, certain tools (like the ones I describe in my post, ruby/pip), cause the OS to panic on reboot, as something ends up hanging.

Described further here: https://sigpipe.macromates.com/2020/macos-catalina-slow-by-design/

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