Wifi.softAPgetStationNum() does not work if no client is connect?

[Dork57]

Board

ESP32 DEV Kit 1

Device Description

ESP32 DEV Kit 1

Hardware Configuration

no

Version

v2.0.4

IDE Name

PlattformIo

Operating System

Windows 10

Flash frequency

40Mhz

PSRAM enabled

no

Upload speed

115200

Description

If the ESP32 Wifi run in
WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);

and the PC is connected, the function WiFi.softAPgetStationNum() returns 1.
But if the PC disconnected it returns furthermore 1.

Can anybody check this?

Sketch

Serial.printf("Connections: %u\r\n", WiFi.softAPgetStationNum());

Debug Message

.

Other Steps to Reproduce

No response

I have checked existing issues, online documentation and the Troubleshooting Guide

• I confirm I have checked existing issues, online documentation and Troubleshooting guide.

[svdrummer]

december 2022

As a temp work arround, if I did something like december 2022
int a = WiFi.softAPgetStationNum();
a = a -1;
Serial.print("Stations connected = ");
Serial.println (a);

[Dork57]

I tested the issue again in Version 2.0.6 with idf 4.4.3 (Arduino as part in idf).
Now, the issue is gone.

[mrengineer7777]

@Dork57 Thanks for the update