Bug ID 1005241: [APM] Edge-Client: Error: Can't receive settings from server

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
APM-Clients APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
7.1.8, 7.1.8.1, 7.1.8.2, 7.1.8.3, 7.1.8.4, 7.1.8.5, 7.1.9, 7.1.9.7, 7.1.9.8, 7.1.9.9

Fixed In:
7.2.2, 7.2.1.3

Opened: Mar 24, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Edge Client keeps connecting to the APM virtual server and keeps trying to download the file /pre/config.php which fails because the client device cannot resolve the hostname.

Impact

Causes a constant error message on the client: (Error: Can't receive settings from server).

Conditions

- macOS configured - On the macOS client, the DNS suffix (search domain) for the interface matches the connectivity profile's DNS suffix. - Edge Client installed on macOS with "Always Connected" AllowInLan mode

Workaround

None

Fix Information

If the client machine already connected to the corporate network/Enterprise LAN, then no need to establish the VPN tunnel which will stop trying to establish connection in case of failing to get the configuration settings from the server.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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