The networkd backend treated any link reporting Type=ether as a wired uplink.
Podman bridges and veth pairs report Type=ether, so they were classified as
ethernet: isWired() short-circuited on Type and never consulted looksVirtual(),
which also lacked a podman prefix.
The link map was also never pruned. Links discovered at enumeration or via
signals were kept forever, so torn-down container interfaces lingered as
routable and could win the wired-uplink slot over the real NIC -- leaving the
indicator showing WiFi while a wired connection was active and default-routed.
- isWired()/isWireless() exclude virtual interfaces before consulting Type, and
looksVirtual() now recognises podman.
- enumerateLinks() reconciles the cached map against ListLinks via syncLinks(),
pruning links that no longer appear so dead interfaces don't accumulate.
Graeme Foster
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