Universal Control has been broken too long

imoebis wrote:

There are endless threads here and on reddit about Universal Control just disconnecting randomly and none of the updates over the last 2 years has fixed it.

The common answer given when folks exhaust all of the troubleshooting guides is that it's bluetooth interference. Maybe so, but other KVM solutions I've used never had this issue moving between my Mac Studio and MacBook Pro (both Apple Silicon). If bluetooth did get spotty, Apple should build it robust enough to try to reconnect immediately and it does not. You know how I know? Try this next time your cursor disappears from the other machine. On the host, keep "System Settings" open and click on "Displays" ....it will instantly reconnect. You will only see one machine but as soon as you click the remote machine will reappear instantly. This is an issue on Apple's end, the simple fact that I can force it into a behavior where it instantly reconnects means Apple did not build this solution robust enough. I was even exploring running a cron job to kill UC everyone couple of minutes just to keep it refreshed. PLEASE FIX THIS APPLE!!!!

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You will have to submit your feedback direct to Apple

submit your Apple Feedback here: http://www.apple.com/feedback

Should the root cause be investigated and fixed? yes, please and thank you.

Hence the reason I asked. It will take lots of feedback to get them to even look at it. If I had a ballpark figure to have it running I might be able to reproduce. You mentioned Bluetooth congestion. I only have keyboard and trackpad, but could connect a speaker. Does it take more than that?

How long do I have to be using it for it to break?

I only occasionally use it for short spans of time and it's always worked when I needed it.