SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)

Mac Mini M1 16GB keeps crashing and then restarting randomly on all applications with following error message:

I was asked by Apple second level support to provide details of the crash reports logged when it happens. 

It is [SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)


SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)


Even when idle. 


Steps taken with 2nd level support:

  1. MAC OS REINSTALL.
  2. MAC DISK ERASE AND REINSTALL FROM ICLOUD.
  3. ISSUE ALSO HAPPENS IN GUEST MODE LOG IN.


Mac mini, macOS 11.2

Posted on Feb 11, 2021 2:23 AM

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Posted on Feb 28, 2021 1:01 AM

Apple 2nd level support seemed to think it was due to external hard drive issues. They asked me to test without drive connected.


can confirm now that the SOCD crash would only occur with My external USB A Western Digital Hard drive physically connected. After disconnecting it has not happened again, so far. After 5 days.


do you all have external drives connected?

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Sep 14, 2021 5:53 AM in response to kode54

just upgraded to 11.6 (20G165)

i haven't had this issue for at least a month now. i have shut the machine down on weekends to save power.



SIP is still disabled (csrutil status System Integrity Protection status: disabled), along with bputil flags (this seemed to be preserved with the 11.6 update, checking with bputil -d)



Feb 11, 2022 8:18 AM in response to thingo

I was also afraid it might be a HW fault - But reinstallation of OS X onto a new volume fixed it for me.


It was crashing every 1-2 days, but since reinstallation I haven't seen a crash in 2.5 months of heavy use.


(Of course, it could still be a HW issue that I somehow haven't managed to trigger in 2.5 months, but it seems rather unlikely).


May 23, 2022 5:07 AM in response to magic100

Same here,

14" MBP M1 Max:


No external Devices. Chrashes several times a day.

(While working, while in SleepMode....)


New Installation, Service-Mode, Another user... nothing helpes.


SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)

{"bug_type":"115","timestamp":"2022-05-23

13:42:13.00 +0200","name":"Reset

count","os_version":"macOS 12.4

(21F79)","incident_id":"A4E32F0B-5402-4676-9738-32B8E3ABD33B"}

Incident Identifier: A4E32F0B-5402-4676-9738-32B8E3ABD33B

CrashReporter Key:  

9618F30B-B26C-1553-110A-9471047FA1BF

Date: 2022-05-23 13:42:12.65 +0200

Reset count: 0

Boot failure count: 1

Boot faults: wdog,reset_in1

Boot stage: 227

Boot app: 0


No HW failures figured out at an Apple-Repair-Partner.


I´m helpless, Second Level Support Hotline also cannot figure out why....

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SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)

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