Cisco Secure Client / AnyConnect installation issue on macOS 14 Sonoma

On macOS 14 Sonoma, Cisco Secure Client / Cisco AnyConnect does not appear to install properly. This affects updates as well as new installations.


The topic was previously discussed in cisco Secure Client Macos, service is una… - Apple Community, but I'm unable to respond there, since Apple thinks contributing to a conversation in which nobody has engaged for a while is not something people should be able to do. Therefore, I had to start a new discussion here.


The following error message appears when starting the client:



When attempting to connect, the following message appears:



Several other forum posts discussed this issue and suggested that the respective .plist file be added manually to launchctl, however, the file did not exist on my system even with a clean installation. Thanks to Joel W. from Arizona State University's tech support, I was able to resolve this issue after having spent 3 hours on it.


The .plist file is part of the package contents of the "Cisco Secure Client - AnyConnect VPN Service" app. It can be extracted from there, copied into its appropriate place in the Library folder, and added to launchctl with the following two commands on the Terminal:


sudo cp /opt/cisco/secureclient/bin/Cisco\ Secure\ Client\ -\ AnyConnect\ VPN\ Service.app/Contents/Resources/com.cisco.secureclient.vpnagentd.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/

sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cisco.secureclient.vpnagentd.plist


After a restart of the Cisco Secure Client, everything worked as intended. Thank you, Joel W.!





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MacBook Air (M3, 2024)

Posted on Sep 29, 2024 1:54 PM

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Dec 9, 2024 3:39 PM in response to otojoy

OMG this has been driving me insane for months. I had to uninstall/reinstall the software every time I wanted to use VPN. Thank you so much for posting this!!!!!!


This is a throwback to the 1980s when everything was like this. Cisco please fix your ridiculously inept and outdated software. This should not happen in 2024.

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