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Endless stream of "Suspicious packet count 151 when bytes 1208 for flow 59864" followed by "Flow details for excess packet count <private>" in Console

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doyouspeakwingdings

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Original poster
Aug 11, 2018
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16" MBP with everything fully maxed out.

When trying to figure out what could be behind my issues relating to the pkd and lsd processes, I noticed that Console is throwing tens of thousands of the same error. More bizarrely, I can't find any examples of other people online who have received the same error.

Anyone know what:

symptomsd Suspicious packet count 151 when bytes 1208 for flow 598647
Flow details for excess packet count <private>
[repeat forever]

relates to?
 
I have the same problem too. 2018 MacBook Air Retina.
Fresh reinstall of macOS Catalina (10.15.5). Nothing installed except apple numbers, pages and google chrome. After a few hours, I have an endless stream of
" error 09:41:36.901853+0300 symptomsd Suspicious packet count 121 when bytes 968 for flow 7434 "
and

"
error 09:45:08.399365+0300 symptomsd Flow details for excess packet count <private>
"

If I check Network Utility I see that the packages are sent via the Ethernet network interface.
This continues even after I turn off wifi
Screenshot 2020-07-05 at 09.44.06.png
 
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mkd9712 said:
I have the same problem too. 2018 MacBook Air Retina.
Fresh reinstall of macOS Catalina (10.15.5). Nothing installed except apple numbers, pages and google chrome. After a few hours, I have an endless stream of
" error 09:41:36.901853+0300 symptomsd Suspicious packet count 121 when bytes 968 for flow 7434 "
and

"
error 09:45:08.399365+0300 symptomsd Flow details for excess packet count <private>
"

If I check Network Utility I see that the packages are sent via the Ethernet network interface.
This continues even after I turn off wifi
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Exactly the same thing I was seeing. I don't know if I should trust it. It seems highly unlikely that the "suspicious packet count" you're seeing would be the same as mine.
 
doyouspeakwingdings said:
Scratch that. Today's version is "Suspicious packet count 151 when bytes 1208 for flow 1442710"
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Hello,
Yeah it changes every time. Meanwhile i have managed to revert back to macOS Mojave and I don’t have the problem anymore, and I am planning on staying on it until I get a fix.
 
I think it has to do with the Wallet and Apple Pay, when the encryption gets out of sync or something like that. I suggest verifying that the Wallet installed on your MacBook looks like it is in good shape. I think reviewing it System Preferences and checking that all the cards are still active should be enough.
 
I have noticed this in my console on Catalina (I'm trying to troubleshoot some SMB hang issues). Did anyone figure out what the issue was? Yes, I have Chrome installed. I did need to re-verify everything in Apple Pay, though, but the log messages still exist.
 
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