I’m getting a massive amount of ‘Denied: sdwdate-gui.ConnectCheck’ notifications when using Kicksecure. Following the instructions at https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Qubes#Qubes_Persistence didn’t help. Is anyone else actually using Kicksecure?

Then it’s most certainly this: [image] Kicksecure compatible with Qubes User Support The second post was from a time where the new versions were not officially released. This happens when your VM doesn’t have the sdwdate-gui-client tag. It should be added automatically, …

[image] Issue with Kicksecure 17 without sys-whonix Qubes I have Qubes OS 4.2 and the distribution morphing (based on minimal Debian 12) I would like to use Kicksecure 17 with a appVPN in Net Qube instead of Sys-whonix. I ran…

The second post was from a time where the new versions were not officially released. This happens when your VM doesn’t have the sdwdate-gui-client tag. It should be added automatically, but it’s a known issue it doesn’t happen in some cases: Named disposables whos…

[image] Kicksecure for Qubes Using Kicksecure-Qubes Second Scenario Qubes OS R4.3: repeated Denied: sdwdate-gui.ConnectCheck notifications Issue: On Qubes OS R4.3, it is possible a deluge of notifications will appear any time a Kicksecure 18 template or Ap…

hi linuxuser1. I did exactly that, but I posted because it kept spitting out a large number of “Denied: sdwdate-gui.ConnectCheck” messages and wouldn’t stop.

qvm-tags sys-net add sdwdate-gui-client qvm-tags sys-firewall add sdwdate-gui-client qvm-tags sys-usb add sdwdate-gui-client For now, those commands have stopped the spam. Thank you!! By the way, what is tag?

Happy it helped. You can mark the answer as the solution if you like so others see it at the bottom of your original post if anyone else runs in to the issue. [image] kzlz: By the way, what is tag? I would compare tags to user groups in this context. Qubes has policies in which way different…

I see. so that’s how it works. I understand. :grinning:

Kicksecure compatible with Qubes

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WhiteShadow January 27, 2026, 7:43am 2

That is your issue?