[RPI5] Librelec randomly loses Wi-Fi password at startup

Postomate812 · December 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM

Hi everyone,

I'm on Librelec 12.0.2 (kodi 21.2.0), and Sometimes Librelec loses the Wi-Fi password at startup. This does not happen every time, but about 50% of the time.
I have to re-enter the password manually, or reboot Librelec. But sometimes I need 3 or 4 reboot before Librelec starts correctly without "loosing" the Wi-Fi password.
Does anyone knows the reason why ?

Thank you for your help !

morphx · June 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM

I'm constantly having the same issue.

Rpi5, libreelec 12.2.1

MatteN · June 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM

Update to LE13, LE12 will most likely not get fixed.

**chewitt** · June 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM

ConnMan keys stores network profiles against the MAC address of the WiFi card so check the MAC is persistent. Some cheap USB dongles have none programmed so the kernel assigns a random address on each boot; resulting in the new MAC not matching against existing stored profiles and requiring you to enter details again.

In the case of an RPi5 board it's more likely that the connection is bad as the onboard WiFi isn't great.

Use LE13 ..