Stick new watcher creation to actual existence of af the conn

and its removal to the removal of such same conn.
Avoid debouncing and cross lock dead locking

client/internal/peer/conn.go

@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ func NewConn(config ConnConfig, services ServiceDependencies) (*Conn, error) {
 		statusICE:          worker.NewAtomicStatus(),
 		dumpState:          dumpState,
 		endpointUpdater:    NewEndpointUpdater(connLog, config.WgConfig, isController(config)),
-		wgWatcher:          NewWGWatcher(connLog, config.WgConfig.WgInterface, config.Key, dumpState),
 		metricsRecorder:    services.MetricsRecorder,
 	}
 
@@ -802,25 +801,43 @@ func (conn *Conn) isConnectedOnAllWay() (status guard.ConnStatus) {
 	})
 }
 
+// enableWgWatcherIfNeeded starts a fresh watcher for the current connection. A new WGWatcher
+// instance is created per attempt (rather than reusing one) so its lifecycle is bound entirely
+// to conn.mu: enable/disable can never race against an old watcher goroutine's shutdown, which
+// was the source of the "watcher silently fails to restart on a fast reconnect" bug. Caller must
+// hold conn.mu.
 func (conn *Conn) enableWgWatcherIfNeeded(enabledTime time.Time) {
-	if !conn.wgWatcher.PrepareInitialHandshake() {
+	if conn.wgWatcher != nil {
+		// a watcher is already running for the current connection
 		return
 	}
 
+	watcher := NewWGWatcher(conn.Log, conn.config.WgConfig.WgInterface, conn.config.Key, conn.dumpState)
+	watcher.PrepareInitialHandshake()
+
 	wgWatcherCtx, wgWatcherCancel := context.WithCancel(conn.ctx)
+	conn.wgWatcher = watcher
 	conn.wgWatcherCancel = wgWatcherCancel
+
 	conn.wgWatcherWg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer conn.wgWatcherWg.Done()
-		conn.wgWatcher.EnableWgWatcher(wgWatcherCtx, enabledTime, conn.onWGDisconnected, conn.onWGHandshakeSuccess)
+		watcher.EnableWgWatcher(wgWatcherCtx, enabledTime, conn.onWGDisconnected, conn.onWGHandshakeSuccess)
 	}()
 }
 
+// disableWgWatcherIfNeeded stops and drops the current watcher once no transport is active. It
+// only signals the watcher goroutine (cancel) and clears the reference; it never waits for the
+// goroutine to exit, because the watcher's own timeout path reentrantly calls back here under
+// conn.mu (via onWGDisconnected), so blocking would deadlock. The cancelled goroutine drains
+// harmlessly. Caller must hold conn.mu.
 func (conn *Conn) disableWgWatcherIfNeeded() {
-	if conn.currentConnPriority == conntype.None && conn.wgWatcherCancel != nil {
+	if conn.currentConnPriority != conntype.None || conn.wgWatcher == nil {
-		conn.wgWatcherCancel()
+		return
-		conn.wgWatcherCancel = nil
 	}
+	conn.wgWatcherCancel()
+	conn.wgWatcher = nil
+	conn.wgWatcherCancel = nil
 }
 
 func (conn *Conn) newProxy(remoteConn net.Conn) (wgproxy.Proxy, error) {
@@ -843,7 +860,9 @@ func (conn *Conn) resetEndpoint() {
 		return
 	}
 	conn.Log.Infof("reset wg endpoint")
-	conn.wgWatcher.Reset()
+	if conn.wgWatcher != nil {
+		conn.wgWatcher.Reset()
+	}
 	if err := conn.endpointUpdater.RemoveEndpointAddress(); err != nil {
 		conn.Log.Warnf("failed to remove endpoint address before update: %v", err)
 	}

client/internal/peer/wg_watcher.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package peer
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -24,14 +23,15 @@ type WGInterfaceStater interface {
 	GetStats() (map[string]configurer.WGStats, error)
 }
 
+// WGWatcher is single-shot: create one instance per connection attempt, run it once via
+// EnableWgWatcher, then discard it. Lifecycle (start/stop) is owned by Conn under conn.mu,
+// so the watcher itself keeps no "enabled" state to go stale on a fast disconnect/reconnect.
 type WGWatcher struct {
 	log           *log.Entry
 	wgIfaceStater WGInterfaceStater
 	peerKey       string
 	stateDump     *stateDump
 
-	enabled   bool
-	muEnabled sync.Mutex
 	// initialHandshake is not thread-safe; never call PrepareInitialHandshake and EnableWgWatcher concurrently.
 	initialHandshake time.Time
 
@@ -48,25 +48,14 @@ func NewWGWatcher(log *log.Entry, wgIfaceStater WGInterfaceStater, peerKey strin
 	}
 }
 
-// PrepareInitialHandshake reserves the watcher and reads the peer's current WireGuard
+// PrepareInitialHandshake reads the peer's current WireGuard handshake time. It must be
-// handshake time. It must be called before the peer is (re)configured on the WireGuard
+// called before the peer is (re)configured on the WireGuard interface, so the captured
-// interface, so the captured baseline reflects the state prior to this connection attempt
+// baseline reflects the state prior to this connection attempt instead of racing with
-// instead of racing with that configuration. Returns ok=false if the watcher is already
+// that configuration.
-// running, in which case EnableWgWatcher must not be called.
+func (w *WGWatcher) PrepareInitialHandshake() {
-func (w *WGWatcher) PrepareInitialHandshake() (ok bool) {
-	w.muEnabled.Lock()
-	if w.enabled {
-		w.muEnabled.Unlock()
-		return false
-	}
-
 	w.log.Debugf("enable WireGuard watcher")
-	w.enabled = true
-	w.muEnabled.Unlock()
-
 	handshake, _ := w.wgState()
 	w.initialHandshake = handshake
-	return true
 }
 
 // EnableWgWatcher runs the WireGuard watcher loop using the handshake baseline captured by
@@ -74,10 +63,6 @@ func (w *WGWatcher) PrepareInitialHandshake() (ok bool) {
 // for context lifecycle management.
 func (w *WGWatcher) EnableWgWatcher(ctx context.Context, enabledTime time.Time, onDisconnectedFn func(), onHandshakeSuccessFn func(when time.Time)) {
 	w.periodicHandshakeCheck(ctx, onDisconnectedFn, onHandshakeSuccessFn, enabledTime, w.initialHandshake)
-
-	w.muEnabled.Lock()
-	w.enabled = false
-	w.muEnabled.Unlock()
 }
 
 // Reset signals the watcher that the WireGuard peer has been reset and a new

client/internal/peer/wg_watcher_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/configurer"
 )
@@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ func TestWGWatcher_EnableWgWatcher(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	ok := watcher.PrepareInitialHandshake()
+	watcher.PrepareInitialHandshake()
-	require.True(t, ok, "watcher should not be enabled yet")
 
 	onDisconnected := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	go watcher.EnableWgWatcher(ctx, time.Now(), func() {
@@ -66,8 +64,7 @@ func TestWGWatcher_ReEnable(t *testing.T) {
 	watcher := NewWGWatcher(mlog, mocWgIface, "", newStateDump("peer", mlog, &Status{}))
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	ok := watcher.PrepareInitialHandshake()
+	watcher.PrepareInitialHandshake()
-	require.True(t, ok, "watcher should not be enabled yet")
 
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	wg.Add(1)
@@ -83,8 +80,7 @@ func TestWGWatcher_ReEnable(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	ok = watcher.PrepareInitialHandshake()
+	watcher.PrepareInitialHandshake()
-	require.True(t, ok, "watcher should be re-enabled after the previous run stopped")
 
 	onDisconnected := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	go watcher.EnableWgWatcher(ctx, time.Now(), func() {