M2 MPB crashing when connecting to dock

That doesn't help either because it's not portable. I don't quite understand why we're looking for solutions by getting other devices. Something is broken with the USB implementation of the M2 MBP.

For example, it's constantly saying:

which cannot be correct, because the only single plug plugging into the Mac is a PD USB-C supplying the power and in fact charging the mac. Unplugging it and re-plugging it would corrupt the disk drives connected to the mac and they are in fact also connected as are my network and trackball. It doesn't even say which device it is :(

Ah I see. The problem it's not really "broken" and going to a "apple genius" also won't be possible since I can't take the rest of the gear and set it up for failure. And on top of that the failure doesn't happen during every single plugging in. There is something bad with USB timing I think. Even the external keyboard is having problems with missing keys and I have to hit keys repeatedly in some cases. Something is just plain wrong.

So I have to get a new keyboard? Maybe the M2 just won't work for me? That doesn't make a lot of sense. They external keyboard has problems with and without a dock in place and I have used this keyboard for years on various machines. I still think something is broken in the software

Yea, sorry. I use a planck and an expert mouse when I am at my desk and have the computer in a clamshell. When I use it out I use a planck and a apple trackpad. I keep on having problems with keystokes on the planck, and when I dock it has been crashing and/or restarting the computer in the morning. Once it comes backs from the crash it's fine other than the coreaudiod going into 100% CPU and audio no longer working. The audio goes through a jabras speaker phone which is autoselected using SoundControl. The internal keyboard is disabled by using Karabiner Elements. I know it's kind of complicated, but I don't see another way.