Harvester not participating in challenges for periods of time

This is getting to be very frustrating for me. I’m running Windows 10 and only Chia 1.1.6 GUI version on it. I’ve reinstalled Chia from scratch, re-synced the blockchain, tried both CMD and GUI programs, and it still won’t consistently attempt proofs without these large gaps.

Here’s my Chiadog log sample:

(venv) PS C:\Users\wwwroth\chiadog> python.exe main.py --config config.yaml
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled file log consumer. (log_consumer.py:56)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Consuming log file from C:\Users\wwwroth\.chia\mainnet\log\debug.log (log_consumer.py:69)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Keep-alive check period: 300 seconds (keep_alive_monitor.py:45)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Initializing Email notifier. (smtp_notifier.py:16)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled stats for daily notifications (stats_manager.py:40)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Summary notifications will be sent out daily at 21 o'clock (stats_manager.py:51)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled parser for harvester activity - eligible plot events. (harvester_activity_parser.py:32)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled check for farming events. (time_since_last_farm_event.py:22)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled check for non-decreasing total plot count. (non_decreasing_plots.py:18)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled check for time taken to respond to challenges. (quick_plot_search_time.py:18)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled parser for finished signage points. (finished_signage_point_parser.py:28)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled check for finished signage points. (non_skipped_signage_points.py:20)
[2021-05-26 14:53:23] [    INFO] --- Enabled parser for wallet activity - added coins. (wallet_added_coin_parser.py:26)
[2021-05-26 14:54:31] [    INFO] --- Detected new plots. Farming with 827 plots. (non_decreasing_plots.py:23)
[2021-05-26 14:55:46] [ WARNING] --- Experiencing networking issues? Harvester did not participate in any challenge for 72 seconds. It's now working again. (time_since_last_farm_event.py:40)
[2021-05-26 14:56:50] [ WARNING] --- Experiencing networking issues? Harvester did not participate in any challenge for 63 seconds. It's now working again. (time_since_last_farm_event.py:40)
[2021-05-26 14:56:50] [ WARNING] --- Disconnected HDD? The total plot count decreased from 827 to 739. (non_decreasing_plots.py:32)
[2021-05-26 14:58:21] [ WARNING] --- Experiencing networking issues? Harvester did not participate in any challenge for 90 seconds. It's now working again. (time_since_last_farm_event.py:40)
[2021-05-26 14:59:31] [ WARNING] --- Experiencing networking issues? Harvester did not participate in any challenge for 71 seconds. It's now working again. (time_since_last_farm_event.py:40)
[2021-05-26 15:03:06] [ WARNING] --- Experiencing networking issues? Harvester did not participate in any challenge for 215 seconds. It's now working again. (time_since_last_farm_event.py:40)

Chia log:


2021-05-26T15:05:01.104 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:01.615 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:01.622 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:03.614 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Z:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.673 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Loaded a total of 739 plots of size 73.15084147668586 TiB, in 8.472382068634033 seconds
2021-05-26T15:05:03.675 harvester harvester               : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8447}
2021-05-26T15:05:03.677 harvester harvester_server        : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: fa83f23015cc9ebda2c49a2095af2df0ee70e6fa97cd1fd32ae570100c98b1d3
2021-05-26T15:05:03.678 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     peer disconnected None
2021-05-26T15:05:03.685 harvester harvester_server        : INFO     Connected with farmer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8447}
2021-05-26T15:05:03.711 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Searching directories ['F:\\', 'M:\\', 'N:\\', 'O:\\', 'Q:\\', 'R:\\', 'S:\\', 'T:\\', 'U:\\', 'W:\\', 'Y:\\', 'Z:\\']
2021-05-26T15:05:03.712 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.716 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.716 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.717 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.718 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.718 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.719 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.720 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.721 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.723 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.723 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.726 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.726 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.728 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.729 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.730 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.731 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.734 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.735 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.737 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:03.739 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Y:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:04.114 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:04.230 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Y:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:04.231 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Z:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:04.639 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:04.646 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:07.137 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:07.650 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:07.660 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:10.144 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:10.668 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:10.676 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:12.639 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Z:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.694 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Loaded a total of 739 plots of size 73.15084147668586 TiB, in 9.00700044631958 seconds
2021-05-26T15:05:12.696 harvester harvester               : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8447}
2021-05-26T15:05:12.698 harvester harvester_server        : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: fa83f23015cc9ebda2c49a2095af2df0ee70e6fa97cd1fd32ae570100c98b1d3
2021-05-26T15:05:12.698 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     peer disconnected None
2021-05-26T15:05:12.723 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Searching directories ['F:\\', 'M:\\', 'N:\\', 'O:\\', 'Q:\\', 'R:\\', 'S:\\', 'T:\\', 'U:\\', 'W:\\', 'Y:\\', 'Z:\\']
2021-05-26T15:05:12.724 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.728 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.729 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.730 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.732 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.732 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.734 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.735 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.736 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.738 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.739 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.741 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.742 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.744 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.745 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.746 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.747 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.750 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.751 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.753 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:12.755 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Y:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:13.100 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Y:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:13.101 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Z:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:13.168 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:13.676 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:13.684 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:16.243 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Z:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.251 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:16.338 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Loaded a total of 739 plots of size 73.15084147668586 TiB, in 3.6389589309692383 seconds
2021-05-26T15:05:16.396 harvester harvester_server        : ERROR    Exception:  <class 'concurrent.futures._base.CancelledError'>, closing connection None. Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "chia\server\server.py", line 536, in api_call
  File "asyncio\tasks.py", line 435, in wait_for
concurrent.futures._base.CancelledError

2021-05-26T15:05:16.401 harvester harvester_server        : INFO     Connected with farmer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8447}
2021-05-26T15:05:16.402 harvester harvester_server        : ERROR    Exception:  <class 'concurrent.futures._base.CancelledError'>, closing connection {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8447}. Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "chia\server\server.py", line 536, in api_call
  File "asyncio\tasks.py", line 435, in wait_for
concurrent.futures._base.CancelledError

2021-05-26T15:05:16.426 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Searching directories ['F:\\', 'M:\\', 'N:\\', 'O:\\', 'Q:\\', 'R:\\', 'S:\\', 'T:\\', 'U:\\', 'W:\\', 'Y:\\', 'Z:\\']
2021-05-26T15:05:16.427 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.430 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.431 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.431 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.432 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.432 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.433 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.434 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.435 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.437 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.438 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.440 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.440 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.442 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.443 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.444 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.445 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.448 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.449 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.451 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.453 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Y:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:16.696 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:16.703 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:17.353 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Y:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:17.354 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Z:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:19.264 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:19.705 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:19.713 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:21.186 wallet chia.wallet.wallet_state_manager: INFO     Coins removed [] at height: 340669
2021-05-26T15:05:21.190 wallet chia.wallet.wallet_blockchain: INFO      Updated wallet peak to height 340669, weight 48534520, 
2021-05-26T15:05:22.288 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d
2021-05-26T15:05:22.704 wallet wallet                     : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:22.754 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connected with full_node {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8444}
2021-05-26T15:05:22.890 wallet chia.wallet.wallet_blockchain: INFO      Updated wallet peak to height 340670, weight 48535296, 
2021-05-26T15:05:24.847 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Z:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.902 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Loaded a total of 739 plots of size 73.15084147668586 TiB, in 8.498998641967773 seconds
2021-05-26T15:05:24.904 harvester harvester               : INFO     Reconnecting to peer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8447}
2021-05-26T15:05:24.906 harvester harvester_server        : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: fa83f23015cc9ebda2c49a2095af2df0ee70e6fa97cd1fd32ae570100c98b1d3
2021-05-26T15:05:24.906 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     peer disconnected None
2021-05-26T15:05:24.912 harvester harvester_server        : INFO     Connected with farmer {'host': '127.0.0.1', 'port': 8447}
2021-05-26T15:05:24.938 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Searching directories ['F:\\', 'M:\\', 'N:\\', 'O:\\', 'Q:\\', 'R:\\', 'S:\\', 'T:\\', 'U:\\', 'W:\\', 'Y:\\', 'Z:\\']
2021-05-26T15:05:24.939 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.942 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory F:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.943 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.944 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory M:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.945 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.945 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory N:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.946 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.947 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory O:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.948 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.950 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Q:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.951 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.953 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory R:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.954 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.956 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory S:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.957 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.958 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory T:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.959 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.962 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory U:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.963 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.965 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory W:\System Volume Information, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:24.967 harvester chia.plotting.plot_tools: INFO     Not checking subdirectory Y:\$RECYCLE.BIN, subdirectories not added by default
2021-05-26T15:05:25.292 wallet wallet_server              : INFO     Connection closed: 127.0.0.1, node id: 566994771496646ea5a714557d5b0768319b6d72ea0b0e75ad41b0771789e27d

Screenshot of the GUI showing a gap in time:

Are you trying to harvest a remote drive (mapped network drive)? Also, if so, are you trying to harvest multiple different mapped drives?

I eliminated mapped network drives and I’m still getting this issue. I currently have ~10 local USB drives.

How do the resources look on the system? CPU, Memory, network usage? Something is gumming up the works. If all that looks good, maybe you have a USB problem. Are you getting USB speed to each drive? Bad USB hub?

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CPU and memory are pretty low. My inbound network traffic is pretty maxed since I’m transferring plots inbound to shared drives. Could that effect it?

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Yes. That is your issue. If the Chia client can’t get the information fast enough, it just skips it. I run two networks, one for plotting and one for farming. That makes it so I can move large files around without causing the issue you are having.

EDIT: Good job for catching this in the first place. Most people don’t even pay close enough attention and wonder why they never win. I created a post last week on this exact subject.

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Thanks, bud. I stopped moving plots over the network and the issue seems to be resolved. I guess I’ll plot locally and manually move drives to the farm when they’re full.

Also, nice TJ :slight_smile:

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Seems to still be happening but less frequently now.

I started a single plot queue on my farmer to try to maximize plotting and CPU is at 40%, RAM is at 25%. You think that’s enough to interfere?

Going to stop plotting and test. Will report back.

Edit: still happening. @WolfGT any ideas what else could be doing it?

That usage shouldn’t be enough to interfere. How many plots are you farming?

Also probably should check to make sure the drives aren’t spinning down and going to sleep.

I rebooted and started my farmer from the command line and it seems to be working well :crossed_fingers:t2:

Is this a remote farmer? Or your full node?

Full node- I don’t have any remote harvesters, just other PCs plotting.

I don’t understand then. Did you start all of chia via cli? You said you started the harvester. A harvester needs a full node to work with to get the signage information.

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Ah, you’re right, my mistake. I ran chia start all so I did indeed start the full node, not just the harvester.

It also ran overnight with no issues from Chiadog which I’m excited about. Still unsure why when I start the GUI I run into issues though.

Just an update for anyone who comes across this… once my issues were solved by running the node and farmer via command line, I can add mapped network drives and farm them with an average of .5sec.