fsmonitor daemon was started in the background (i.e. git fsmonitor--daemon start) so I could enable trace2 logging. 15:36:37.860862 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:969 | d1 | th01:ipc-server | region_enter | r1 | 124.965540 | | fsmonitor | label:handle_client 15:36:37.860862 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:970 | d1 | th01:ipc-server | data | r1 | 124.965809 | 0.000269 | fsmonitor | ..request:1658950597810367000 15:36:37.860862 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:786 | d1 | th01:ipc-server | data | r1 | 124.965892 | 0.000352 | fsmonitor | ..response/token:builtin:0.12336.20220727T193432.938608Z:0 15:36:37.860862 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:822 | d1 | th01:ipc-server | data | r1 | 124.965969 | 0.000429 | fsmonitor | ..response/trivial:1 15:36:37.860862 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:974 | d1 | th01:ipc-server | region_leave | r1 | 124.966000 | 0.000460 | fsmonitor | label:handle_client 15:38:40.079662 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:969 | d1 | th02:ipc-server | region_enter | r1 | 247.186960 | | fsmonitor | label:handle_client 15:38:40.079662 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:970 | d1 | th02:ipc-server | data | r1 | 247.187067 | 0.000107 | fsmonitor | ..request:1658950720017776200 15:38:40.079662 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:786 | d1 | th02:ipc-server | data | r1 | 247.187328 | 0.000368 | fsmonitor | ..response/token:builtin:0.12336.20220727T193432.938608Z:0 15:38:40.079662 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:822 | d1 | th02:ipc-server | data | r1 | 247.187448 | 0.000488 | fsmonitor | ..response/trivial:1 15:38:40.079662 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:974 | d1 | th02:ipc-server | region_leave | r1 | 247.187491 | 0.000531 | fsmonitor | label:handle_client 15:42:14.719673 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:969 | d1 | th03:ipc-server | region_enter | r1 | 461.821373 | | fsmonitor | label:handle_client 15:42:14.719673 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:970 | d1 | th03:ipc-server | data | r1 | 461.821429 | 0.000056 | fsmonitor | ..request:1658950934652816400 15:42:14.719673 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:786 | d1 | th03:ipc-server | data | r1 | 461.821467 | 0.000094 | fsmonitor | ..response/token:builtin:0.12336.20220727T193432.938608Z:0 15:42:14.719673 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:822 | d1 | th03:ipc-server | data | r1 | 461.821486 | 0.000113 | fsmonitor | ..response/trivial:1 15:42:14.719673 ...n/fsmonitor--daemon.c:974 | d1 | th03:ipc-server | region_leave | r1 | 461.821497 | 0.000124 | fsmonitor | label:handle_client Note that this is a slightly hacked build of mine where I disabled the check for network filesystems. I also added some additional logging that tells me that the query is successful, it's just that the response is trivial. The sandbox I am using is on the network and being accessed from my Windows VM. -Eric