I see this bug too. I can reproduce it simply by trying to connect to a wifi (while already connected) from the cli
nmcli connection up mynetwork dmesg: [314625.097460] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp2s0: link becomes ready [314630.650589] wlp2s0: deauthenticating from c6:6e:1f:fe:af:1e by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) [314630.676589] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready [314630.715480] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready [314632.138519] wlp2s0: authenticate with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e [314632.146525] wlp2s0: send auth to c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e (try 1/3) [314632.150134] wlp2s0: authenticated [314632.760631] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: No association and the time event is over already... [314632.760661] wlp2s0: Connection to AP c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e lost [314637.151634] wlp2s0: aborting authentication with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) [314640.744690] wlp2s0: authenticate with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e [314640.751723] wlp2s0: send auth to c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e (try 1/3) [314640.755466] wlp2s0: authenticated [314641.365856] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: No association and the time event is over already... [314641.365908] wlp2s0: Connection to AP c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e lost [314645.754540] wlp2s0: aborting authentication with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) [314647.788848] wlp2s0: authenticate with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e [314647.797019] wlp2s0: send auth to c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e (try 1/3) [314647.800468] wlp2s0: authenticated [314648.411097] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: No association and the time event is over already... [314648.411168] wlp2s0: Connection to AP c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e lost [314652.798717] wlp2s0: aborting authentication with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) [314655.217786] wlp2s0: authenticate with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e [314655.225057] wlp2s0: send auth to c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e (try 1/3) [314655.229168] wlp2s0: authenticated [314655.738366] wlp2s0: aborting authentication with c4:6e:1f:fe:af:1e by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) [314655.745819] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready I can work around it by disconnecting before trying to reconnect. eg: nmcli connection down "mywifi Guest" && nmcli connection up "mywifi"