/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:431: /etc/config/luci seems to be corrupt, unable to find section 'main'

Routers
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I get the following error message when i try to open advanced settings:
/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:431: /etc/config/luci seems to be corrupt, unable to find section 'main'

After reboot, all works fine, but after some time its broken again.

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Hi

This appears to be an OpenWRT issue.

Please try the suggestions discussed in the following GitHub issue and see whether they resolve the problem for you:

4

it only states, that i have to enable swapp.. but it already is enabled and i did not change these settings at all. Looks like the device is simply unstable by design, maybe this is the reason for the option for scheduled restart … since the router is still working in this state, i do not care that much

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Could you please let us know the following:

  1. The device model and firmware version
  2. When the issue occurs, please SSH into the router and run the following commands:
ps | grep rpcd
free -h
  1. Have you installed and ran any additional third-party plugins, or are you using an ad blocker (such as AdGuard Home) with a large number of filter lists enabled?
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    • Model

      GL-MT300N-V2

    • Architecture

      MediaTek MT7628AN ver:1 eco:2

    • OpenWrt Version

      OpenWrt 22.03.4 r20123-38ccc47687

    • Kernel Version

      5.10.176

  2. i cannot reach SSH from the other side of the tunnel. Im not at the location of the router. I can access the web interface, but ssh runs into a timeout. Im able to access web ui from the IP of the other end of the tunnel, but i cannot access local ips of the router. I was unable to find a setting which allows ssh from the wan side (would be no security issue, since it is behind another router, simply to provide a permanent tunnel to deal with geo blocking issues)
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It should be just a firewall thing, so make sure to allow SSH via iptables
And maybe set rtty.general.ssh_en='1'

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root@VpnGateway:~# ps | grep rpcd

1506 root 2240 S /sbin/rpcd -s /var/run/ubus/ubus.sock -t 30

2369 root 1312 S grep rpcd

root@VpnGateway:~# free h

          total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available

Mem: 121960 28684 61392 2092 31884 72496

Swap: 0 0 0

root@VpnGateway:~#

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Were these details collected when the issue occurred?
It appears that the relevant processes are running normally, and there is still sufficient free memory available.