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VPP on VLAN interface causes netplugd crash
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Description

vyos@vyos# sudo systemctl status netplug
× netplug.service - Network cable hotplug management daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/netplug.service; static)
     Active: failed (Result: signal) since Sat 2026-02-07 09:06:48 UTC; 10s ago
   Duration: 11min 21.007s
       Docs: man:netplugd(8)
   Main PID: 2864 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
        CPU: 39.989s

Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos netplugd[5463]: /etc/netplug/netplug eth2.1234 in -> pid 5463
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos netplugd[2864]: eth2.1234.321: can't get flags: No such device
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos netplugd[2864]: eth2.3333: can't get flags: No such device
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos netplugd[2864]: eth2.3333: can't get flags: No such device
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos netplugd[2864]: eth2.1234.321: state DOWN flags 0x00001002 BROADCAST,MULTICAST -> 0x00011043 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,>
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos netplugd[2864]: eth2.1234.321: state DOWNANDOUT flags 0x00001002 BROADCAST,MULTICAST -> 0x00001043 UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULT>
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos systemd[1]: netplug.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos netplugd[2864]: if_info.c:237: ifsm_flagchange: Assertion `info->worker == -1' failed
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos systemd[1]: netplug.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
Feb 07 09:06:48 vyos systemd[1]: netplug.service: Consumed 39.989s CPU time.

how to reproduce:

set interfaces ethernet eth1 address '10.0.0.1/30'
set interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 23
set interfaces ethernet eth1 vif-s 2222 vif-c 22
set interfaces ethernet eth2 vif 3333
set interfaces ethernet eth2 vif-s 1234 vif-c 321
commit
set vpp settings interface eth1
set vpp settings interface eth2
commit

Tested on vmware vm:

vyos@vyos# ethtool -i eth2
driver: tun
version: 1.6
firmware-version: 
expansion-rom-version: 
bus-info: tap
supports-statistics: no
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: no
supports-priv-flags: no

vyos@vyos# ethtool -i eth3
driver: vmxnet3
version: 1.7.0.0-k-NAPI
firmware-version: 
expansion-rom-version: 
bus-info: 0000:1c:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

Details

Version
vyos-2026.02.07-0025-rolling-generic-amd64
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

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