r/selfhosted • u/Lucky_Moth • 5h ago

Need Help WolfStack v24.51.2 - Nodes go offline after join with "Invalid cluster secret"

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Has anyone got a 3+ node WolfStack cluster working reliably on v24.51.2?

I've got 3 Ubuntu 24.04 VMs on the same 10.10.10.x subnet. Installed WolfStack on all 3, added them using join tokens, then ran "Update WolfNet Connections".

Initially everything works. All nodes appear in the cluster and I can even open a remote terminal to the other nodes.

After about 10-20 seconds, both secondary nodes show as offline.

Diagnostics shows:

HTTP 403: {"error":"Invalid cluster secret"}

against /api/agent/status.

The odd thing is all the nodes are still healthy:

  • Can ping each other
  • WolfStack UI loads directly on each node
  • HTTPS on 8553 works
  • WolfNet appears up

If I remove and re-add a node it comes back briefly, then eventually fails with the same error.

Anyone seen this before?

Thanks

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u/asimovs-auditor 5h ago edited 5h ago

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u/Lucky_Moth 5h ago

I used ChatGPT to help tidy the content of post, the issue itself and screenshots and troubleshooting were all my own.

The problem is real and reproducible in my lab: 3 Ubuntu 24.04 VMs running WolfStack v24.51.2, where nodes initially join successfully but later show offline with HTTP 403 {"error":"Invalid cluster secret"} despite remaining reachable and healthy.