macos catalina 10.15 vpn connection (Cisco IPSec?) duplicated icon in menu dock

Hello 91koff,

Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities and asking about Network Locations.

I recommend creating a new network location and testing. One of your screenshots shows the option to Edit Locations, in there tap Edit, and then change the name to a new location, such as Work or Home or Mobile and test. This article should help: How to use network locations on your Mac - Apple Support

If the new location is working, use the bottom portion of the article to prevent the other network that isn't working properly from being used. Thanks and have a wonderful day.

Hello, the exact same thing is happening with me. It has persisted along the various Catalina updates. I am currently on 10.15.1. I have tried deleting all my VPN profiles, but to no avail. I'd be curious if this is some remnant/result of upgrading to Catalina vs a clean install (which I did not do.)

I have the same issue. After a connection whit " VPN Ufficio 2" profile, I renamed the service in "VPN Ufficio". Now I have in the icon the old and the new profile, but they are the same! I have only automatic location.

The problem has nothing to do with old or new VPN configurations... Another stupid thing is that exporting the config is not working...

Wondering if Apple is reading discussions.apple.com, as it remains silent from heir side.... :-(

I have a brand new 16" Macbook Pro, running Catalina 10.15.4. I have not seen the duplicated VPNs but I do constantly see the truncated menu in the VPN Status widget in the menu bar. Although sometimes it shows the proper VPN menu, mostly it does not, and as a result, connecting a VPN almost always requires opening network preferences and selecting the VPN there. This is annoying, and requires extra mousing around, but is not a fatal problem. I do a lot of work with VPNs (I have about 20 I bounce around between at various times) hence the annoyance factor is huge. Please fix this Apple. Please!!!

Yep, definitely a persistent bug that Apple needs to address. I am having the same issue on a brand new Macbook Pro, in default factory status. Despite it being a mostly negligible bug, it makes me feel like I bought an inferior product. I thought Apple had higher standards.

Beyond the prior "glitchiness" of this menu, it now seems that all of my VPN connections have stopped working after doing the 10.15.5 update. I've tried recreating the connections but none of them are able to connect (I work in IT and need to use these connections daily). Thanks Apple!

Am going to report this and the other menu display glitches as a bug and pray Apple fix them.

It has been like this for a while with the duplicates. Lately I've also started seeing "No VPN configured" from time to time using the drop down menu, which could be related to this; I'm not sure.

It's annoying for sure, but the duplicate bug har been only cosmetic, the newer stuff with no entries is fixed the same way but far more annoying as you have to enter the network configuration to get your VPNs back.

Hello 91koff,

Thanks for testing. Please contact AppleCare for further assistance with this.

Use this link to contact AppleCare: Contact - Official Apple Support

Thanks and have a wonderful day.

I see the same issue. What is even more funny is that when connected, it even duplicates the time for which it is connected.

Persistent in Catalina 10.15.5: is it that difficult to solve, Apple? Besides: exporting VPN configurations is still not possible :-(

I can also confirm it still persistent in Catalina 10.15.5

Same issue here. I don't use Locations.

I started to see this on Catalina. Now I reconfigured the same tunnel with the same parameters and is not working...