Excessive handle_probe_req: send failed messages

bugs at jth.net bugs at jth.net
Thu Aug 27 14:56:10 PDT 2026


For years and still in OpenWrt there has been an issue of hostapd spamming the log with 

hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed

messages 
e.g.
2026-08-27T09:12:05+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:06+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:06+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:06+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:06+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:06+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:06+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:06+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:15+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed
2026-08-27T09:12:18+02:00  RKunst hostapd: handle_probe_req: send failed

see also 

https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/21494

I wonder, if this is an issue which can be handled here e.g at least by a filter
reducing the amount of messages.

/joergent




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