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WireGuard VPN Tunnel Down — Key Mismatch After Rotation

A WireGuard VPN tunnel between two sites is down because keys were rotated on one end but not the other. Handshake failing.

Pattern
UNKNOWN
Expected: VPN_TUNNEL_DOWN
Severity
MEDIUM
Confidence
68%
Remediation
Auto-Heal

Test Results

MetricExpectedActualResult
Pattern RecognitionVPN_TUNNEL_DOWNUNKNOWN
Severity AssessmentHIGHMEDIUM
Incident CorrelationN/ANone
Cascade EscalationN/ANo
RemediationAuto-Heal — Corax resolves autonomously

Scenario Conditions

WireGuard on Ubuntu 22.04. Site-to-site tunnel. Keys rotated on server side 1 hour ago. Client side still using old keys. Handshake failing. 30 users affected.

Injected Error Messages (1)

WireGuard tunnel down — wg0 handshake failing, 'no valid handshake response', peer public key mismatch after server-side key rotation 1 hour ago, 30 branch users disconnected

Neural Engine Root Cause Analysis

Unrecognized error pattern — this may be a new type of failure not yet cataloged.

Remediation Plan

Trigger autonomous healing to diagnose and fix. Manual investigation may be needed if healing cannot resolve.

Improvements Applied

  • Pattern unrecognized — consider adding keywords for VPN_TUNNEL_DOWN
  • Severity: MEDIUM (expected HIGH)
Tested: 2026-04-02Monitors: 1 | Incidents: 1Test ID: cmnhnoopv0022lig7fwg4n3jj