From 9b1d39a1bf2c4b6e75e1de9c16c1bff24474df4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Bosley <11823237+elibosley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:08:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(avahi): recover stopped daemon even when bind list
 matches config

Gate the allow-interfaces mismatch check only on the running restart
path; recover a stopped daemon independently when interfaces are back.

Co-authored-by: linear-code[bot] <222613912+linear-code[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 etc/rc.d/rc.avahidaemon | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/rc.d/rc.avahidaemon b/etc/rc.d/rc.avahidaemon
index 70cc82b9e..e57fc196e 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/rc.avahidaemon
+++ b/etc/rc.d/rc.avahidaemon
@@ -120,11 +120,16 @@ avahid_reload(){
 }
 
 avahid_update(){
-  if check && [[ "$(this allow-interfaces)" != "$BIND" ]]; then
-    if avahid_running; then
+  if avahid_running; then
+    # only restart a running daemon when the computed bind list changed
+    if check && [[ "$(this allow-interfaces)" != "$BIND" ]]; then
       log "Updating $DAEMON..."
       avahid_restart # note we need restart here, not reload in order to update interfaces
-    else
+    fi
+  else
+    # recover daemon when interfaces are back, even if config already matches computed bind list
+    if check && [[ -n $BIND ]]; then
+      log "Recovering $DAEMON..."
       avahid_start # handle case where avahi-daemon exited because no suitable interfaces
     fi
   fi