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I'm getting watchdog panics in WindowServer, any idea what is wrong?

Process: WindowServer [67613]

Path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer

Identifier: WindowServer

Version: 600.00 (451.4)

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [1]

Responsible: WindowServer [67613]

User ID: 88


Date/Time: 2020-09-02 06:09:29.390 -0700

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.15.6 (19G2021)

Report Version: 12

Bridge OS Version: 4.6 (17P6610)

Anonymous UUID: 7CA4F6BD-4EA8-AEF7-C3C7-E8FF1785A63C


Sleep/Wake UUID: 768994CD-EDEA-4749-B695-99B25A3D1EFF


Time Awake Since Boot: 44000 seconds

Time Since Wake: 100 seconds


System Integrity Protection: enabled


Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread


Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGKILL)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY


Termination Reason: WATCHDOG, [0x1] monitoring timed out for service

Termination Details: WATCHDOG, checkin with service: WindowServer failed to send ping message, WindowServer watchdog request handling code likely hung 80 seconds since last successful checkin, 1 total successsful checkins since wake, 39 seconds since last crashed by watchdogd, (1 induced crashes)


Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff72e6e836 __open_nocancel + 10

1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff72db6030 fopen + 71

2 libsandbox.1.dylib 0x00007fff71c9cc09 opexe_4 + 1601

3 libsandbox.1.dylib 0x00007fff71c96e81 Eval_Cycle + 405

4 libsandbox.1.dylib 0x00007fff71c9d763 scheme_load_file + 249

5 libsandbox.1.dylib 0x00007fff71c9d640 _parse_file + 107

6 libsandbox.1.dylib 0x00007fff71c93a84 compile + 1990

7 libsandbox.1.dylib 0x00007fff71c93289 sandbox_compile_file + 319

8 libsandbox.1.dylib 0x00007fff71c930ec sandbox_compile_named + 61

9 libsystem_sandbox.dylib 0x00007fff72f383fc sandbox_init_with_parameters + 596

10 WindowServer 0x000000010ae574de 0x10ae56000 + 5342

11 WindowServer 0x000000010ae57324 0x10ae56000 + 4900

12 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff72d2ccc9 start + 1




Mac Pro, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 2, 2020 10:44 AM

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Try the following:


1 - Boot into Safe Mode (How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support) by booting with the Shift key held down and check there to see if the problem persists.  Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing. 


2 - if necessary do the following: How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support

Posted on Sep 2, 2020 10:56 AM

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Sep 2, 2020 10:56 AM in response to gfc85

Try the following:


1 - Boot into Safe Mode (How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support) by booting with the Shift key held down and check there to see if the problem persists.  Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing. 


2 - if necessary do the following: How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support

I'm getting watchdog panics in WindowServer, any idea what is wrong?

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