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It looks like the client in the container is unable to connect to the work server.

Hmm.
Machine name should not contain spaces.
All system clocks need to be correct.
Someone couldn’t connect to the fah server because their clock was wrong.

You may need to change the cpu count via web control. After first run, I believe the command line arg is ignored.

At the moment, the minimum cpu count to get work is 3

It seems to me there are more serious bugs that get the attention. Fixes for easy things are welcome.

There are at least 4 volunteers, not counting you. I don’t know how to attract a reasonable number more. Seems like everyone wants to get paid.

I’m sure v7 is not going to be open sourced. PRs for v8 do get accepted. There are discussions where you can try to convince Joseph something should change. You can remain anonymous if you like and still contribute. Lack of activity is due to vacations and work that is not being committed to a publi...

Yup. I would say it would be good for the client itself to be more accurate.

They have a fork of web control that collects data.

Web control accounts are optional.

Correct. For now web control accounts are only for remote monitoring and control. And for synchronization of user, team, passkey, cause among your linked machines. Only one account is allowed to contain your passkey. If you make a new account, it “owns” the passkey. I don’t know what exactly happens...

Not sure, but I think you can't recover/reset your passphrase if you never validated your new account.
Some email providers silently block the validate emails.
I haven't had a problem using gmail.

You might try registering/creating a new account.

Please read the guide https://foldingathome.org/guides/v8-4-client-guide/

Note passkey is not a password or passphrase.
There is no v8 screensaver.

I think ip starting 172 is a private local address anyway.

Change log for 8.4.0 says
Added system HTTP proxy support. No config necessary.

Are all prerequisites installed?